Date:August 17, 2014

August 17, 2014

August 8, 2014 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Sunday, August 17, 2014 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 71,487,360 breaths and experienced over 408,499,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 86,806,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 9 years, 8 months, and 16 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse


😴 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: 1,182 days of your life or 3.24 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: American Sniper


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rude" by Magic! (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was Hardwell followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Armin van Buuren 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 5 ?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

1901
Henri Tomasi, French classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea)

1977
Jake Patellis, American actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life)

1933
Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum)

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

1939
Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz)

1988
Brady Corbet, American actor (24)

1951
Robert Joy, Canadian actor (Big Shots, CSI)

1963
Jon Gruden, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2002, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Oakland/LV Raiders) and broadcaster (ESPN MNF)

At the age of 58, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2014 with $76 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim & family with $72 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 Workers' Comp Adjuster Day
National Workers' Comp Adjuster Day, celebrated on August 17, is a special day to appreciate the hardworking people who help workers get the support and compensation they need when they're injured on the job.

Baby Boomers Recognition Day
Baby Boomers Recognition Day, celebrated on August 17th, honors the generation born between 1946 and 1964 for their contributions and achievements in shaping modern society.


🏆 Sports in 2014

🏒 NHL
Los Angeles Kings defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 2014 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos (43 - 8) to win Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014 in East Rutherford, NJ.

⚾ MLB
San Francisco Giants beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 3) to win the 2014 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2014 US Open Championships, Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori (6-3, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki (6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2014 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 2014
Day Index: 229th day of 2014
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2014
Next same calendar year: 2025
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 10 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 5,106,802 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 1,182 days
Months spent sleeping: 39 months
Years spent sleeping: 3.24 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 120 🌖
Life path number: 5
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 2014: 7,298,453,033 Source: un.org

The 2014 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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