Date:August 17, 2015

August 17, 2015 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2015 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 17, 2015 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


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

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 63,987,840 breaths and experienced over 365,644,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 77,699,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Monday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat


😴 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: 1,058 days of your life or 2.9 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Episode VII - The Force Awakens


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd (source: Billboard Hot 100).


The number 1 DJ in the world was Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike followed by Hardwell and Martin Garrix 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 6 ?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

1927
Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana)

1979
Marcus Patric, British actor (Hollyoaks)

1943
Koos Postema, Dutch editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk) and TV host

1888
Monty Wooley, American actor (Pied Piper, The Man Who Came to Dinner)

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

1980
Shannon Lucio, American actress

1991
Austin Butler, American actor (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Elvis)

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

At the age of 59, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2015 with $79.2 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim with $77.1 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 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.

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.

National I LOVE My feet Day
National I Love My Feet Day, celebrated every August 17, is a day to appreciate and take care of our feet for all the hard work they do in supporting our body, helping us balance, and carrying us through life.

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 2015

🏒 NHL
Chicago Blackhawks defeated Tampa Bay Lightning (4 - 2) to win the 2015 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks (28 - 24) to win Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, AZ.

⚾ MLB
Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2015 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2015 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer (6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Flavia Pennetta beat Roberta Vinci (7-6(7-4), 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2015 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 2015

Day Index: 229th day of 2015
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2015
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 9 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 4,571,403 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 1,058 days
Months spent sleeping: 35 months
Years spent sleeping: 2.9 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 108 🌒
Life path number: 6
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 2015: 7,383,008,820 Source: un.org

The 2015 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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