Date:August 17, 2013

August 17, 2013

August 8, 2013 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Saturday, August 17, 2013 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 78,845,760 breaths and experienced over 450,547,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 95,741,280 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 1,304 days of your life or 3.57 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was Hardwell followed by Armin van Buuren and Avicii according to DJ Mag.

♌ August 17 zodiac sign is Leo ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.


🔢 Your life path number is 22 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.


🪐 Your ruling planet is Sun


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.


🌷 The birth flower for August is Gladiolus ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.


📅 Your lucky day → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


Celebrities born on August 17th

1996
Ella Cruz, Filipina actress (Aryana)

1948
Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up)

1918
Mort Marshall [Mortimer Haig Lichtenstein], American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Dumplings)

1926
Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles)

1975
Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality

1968
Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders)

1935
Oleg Tabakov, Soviet-Russian actor and artistic director (Moscow Art Theatre)

1978
Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress

At the age of 73, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2013 with $73 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $67 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1590
Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier [or Aug 18, 1591].

1903
Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America.

1945
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands.

1945
Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

1947
The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

1998
Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.


🎄 Holidays on August 17

National Black Cat Appreciation Day
National Black Cat Appreciation Day, celebrated on August 17, is a day to show love and appreciation for black cats, aiming to break the stereotypes and increase their adoption, since they are often overlooked despite being just as wonderful as other cats.

National Nonprofit Day
National Nonprofit Day, celebrated on August 17th, is a day to recognize and appreciate the hard work and positive impact of nonprofit organizations that work to improve our communities and help people in need.

National Thrift Shop Day
National Thrift Shop Day, celebrated on August 17, encourages people to shop at and support thrift stores, which help community members in need by selling donated goods at low prices.


🏆 Sports in 2013

🏒 NHL
Chicago Blackhawks defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 2013 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers (34 - 31) to win Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB
Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 2) to win the 2013 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2013 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic (6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka (7-5, 6-7(6-8), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2013 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 2013
Day Index: 229th day of 2013
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 2013
Next same calendar year: 2030
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 11 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 5,633,027 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 1,304 days
Months spent sleeping: 43 months
Years spent sleeping: 3.57 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 133 🌔
Life path number: 22
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 2013: 7,213,426,452 Source: un.org

The 2013 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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