Date:August 20, 2017

August 20, 2017 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2017 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Sunday, August 20, 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 2 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 49,129,920 breaths and experienced over 280,742,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 59,657,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌘 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: 812 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 20 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 20th

1966
Colin Cunningham, American actor (Centigrade, Falling Skies)

1961
Joe Pasquale, English comedian and TV personality (King of the Jungle - I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!)

1992
Alex Newell, American actor and singer (Glee, Shucked)

1981
Ben Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian-The Chronicles of Narnia)

1987
Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB)

1968
Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer

1971
David Walliams, English actor, comedian (Come Fly With Me) and children's author

1967
Tori [Terri Poch], American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler

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

1597
1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East.

1619
1st known African Americans in English North America (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia. They are then sold or traded into servitude.

1741
Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition.

1866
President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over.

1905
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.

1968
During the night 200,000 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring.

1993
Oslo Peace Accords signed, after secret negotiations in Norway, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.


🎄 Holidays on August 20

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, celebrated on August 20th, is a fun holiday where we bake or eat this delicious dessert that combines the rich flavors of chocolate and pecans, ingredients enjoyed for thousands of years.

National Radio Day
National Radio Day, celebrated on August 20, is a day to appreciate how radio revolutionized communication by sharing news, music, and more, making the world feel more connected, even though we now often use the internet and TV for those purposes.


🏆 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 20, 2017 can be written as VIII-XX-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 20, 2017

Day Index: 232nd day of 2017
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2017
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 7 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 3,510,610 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 812 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: 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 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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