Date:August 18, 2017

August 18, 2017

August 8, 2017 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Friday, August 18, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 49,371,840 breaths and experienced over 282,124,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 59,951,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 6 years, 8 months, and 15 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌘 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: 816 days of your life or 2.24 years.


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


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "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 18 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 9 ?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 18th

1992
Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster)

1983
Mika [Michael Holbrook Penniman] British-American pop singer (Grace Kelly; Dodgy Holiday), an Italian television personality

1978
Andy Samberg, American comedian and actor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

1958
Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls)

1952
Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing; Ghost), and singer-songwriter (She's Like The Wind)

1967
Julie Kristen Smith, American actress (Showgirls)

1957
Carole Bouquest, French actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

1980
Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress

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

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


🎄 Holidays on August 18

National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of ice cream pies, combining creamy ice cream with various crusts and flavors to create an over-the-top dessert.

National Mail Order Catalog Day
National Mail Order Catalog Day, celebrated every August 18, remembers the era when people shopped from thick booklets full of products mailed to their homes, starting with the first one in 1872.

Serendipity Day
Serendipity Day, celebrated on August 18, is all about finding joy in the happy surprises life throws your way, encouraging everyone to notice and appreciate these unexpected moments of delight.


🏆 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 18, 2017 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 2017
Day Index: 230th day of 2017
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 3rd Friday of 2017
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 7 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 3,526,788 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 816 days
Months spent sleeping: 27 months
Years spent sleeping: 2.24 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 83 🌘
Life path number: 9
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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