21 August 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Monday, August 21, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 51,045,120 breaths and experienced over 291,686,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 61,983,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 6 years, 11 months, and 6 days

📅 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 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: 844 days of your life or 2.31 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 21 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 3 ?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 21st

1968

Barbara Ann Moore, American actress, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1992) and ballroom dancer

1967

Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress (The Matrix Trilogy)

1962

Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor

1944

Peter Weir, Australian director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society)

1943

Hugh Wilson, American screenwriter, film director The First Wives Club; Blast from the Past), and TV series creator (WKRP in Cincinnati; Frank's Place)

1958

Ralph Marrero, American actor (Dawn of the Dead; The Babe; Johnny Suede)

1964

Trinity Loren, American adult film actress and model

1945

Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (The Hunt For Red October)

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

1192

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).

1703

The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.

1772

King Gustav III of Sweden completes coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot - ends 50 years of parliamentary rule.

1888

American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.

1911

Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

1959

Hawaii becomes the 50th US state.

1991

Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.

🎄 Holidays on August 21

National Report Upcoding Fraud Day

National Report Upcoding Fraud Day, celebrated on August 21st, is a day dedicated to encouraging people to speak out against healthcare providers who dishonestly charge for more expensive services than they actually delivered, to help stop this type of fraud.

Internet Self-Care Day

Internet Self-Care Day, celebrated on August 21st, encourages everyone to use the internet to find ways to take better care of themselves, reminding us it's important to look after our own health and well-being too.

National Spumoni Day

National Spumoni Day, celebrated on August 21, honors a layered Italian ice cream made with fruits, nuts, and cream, traditionally sliced, not scooped, and now more popular in the US and Argentina than its birthplace, Naples.

🏆 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 21, 2017 can be written as VIII-XXI-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 21, 2017
→ Day Index: 233rd day of 2017
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 7 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,646,215 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 844 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 28 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.31 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 86 🌘
→ Life path number: 3
→ 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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