Date:August 17, 2017

August 17, 2017 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2017 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Thursday, August 17, 2017 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: 6 years, 8 months, and 8 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 49,250,880 breaths and experienced over 281,433,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 59,804,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster


😴 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: 814 days of your life or 2.23 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (source: Billboard Hot 100).


The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix 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 8 ?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

1866
Julia Marlowe [Sarah Frances Frost], English-American Shakespearean actress

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

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

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

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

1939
Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz)

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

1988
Brady Corbet, American actor (24)

At the age of 61, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2017 with $86 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $75.6 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 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 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.

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 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.


🏆 Sports in 2017

🏒 NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Nashville Predators (4 - 2) to win the 2017 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New England Patriots beat Atlanta Falcons (34 - 28) to win Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB
Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2017 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2017 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Sloane Stephens beat Madison Keys (6-3, 6-0) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2017 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 2017

Day Index: 229th day of 2017
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 2017
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 7 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 3,518,968 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 814 days
Months spent sleeping: 27 months
Years spent sleeping: 2.23 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 83 🌘
Life path number: 8
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 2017: 7,550,262,101 Source: un.org

The 2017 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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