Date:August 17, 2020

August 17, 2020 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2020 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 17, 2020 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: 3 years, 8 months, and 7 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 27,135,360 breaths and experienced over 155,059,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 32,950,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Monday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat


😴 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: 449 days of your life or 1.23 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Bad Boys for Life


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles (source: Billboard Hot 100).


The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Dmitri Vegas & Like Mike 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 2 ?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

1970
Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist

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

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

1969
Donnie Wahlberg, American pop singer (New Kids On The Block - "Hangin' Tough"), actor (Band of Brothers; Boomtown), and producer

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

1936
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist

1996
Ella Cruz, Filipina actress (Aryana)

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

At the age of 56, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2020 with $113 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $98 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

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 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.

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.


🏆 Sports in 2020

🏒 NHL
Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2020 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisso 49ers (20 - 31) to win Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020 in Miami Gardens, FL.

⚾ MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 2) to win the 2020 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2020 US Open Championships, Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev (2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Victoria Azarenka (1-6, 6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2020 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 2020

Day Index: 230th day of 2020
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2020
Next same calendar year: 2048
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 4 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 1,938,596 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 449 days
Months spent sleeping: 15 months
Years spent sleeping: 1.23 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 46 🌘
Life path number: 2
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 2020: 7,794,798,739 Source: un.org

The 2020 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2048. So, mark your calendars!

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