December 12, 1997 facts
It was the 3rd Tuesday of 1997. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 12, 16, and 1997 reveal that your life path number is 9. Your zodiac sign is Sagittarius with a ruling planet Jupiter, your birthstone is the Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz, and your birth flower is the Narcissus. You are 26 old, and were born in the 1990s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ December 16, 1997 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Sagittarius
→ This date was 9,599 days ago
→ 1997 was the Year of the Ox
→ In 2024, December 16 is on Tuesday
→ You are 28 years old in Korean Age

View must-know December 16, 1997 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 27 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Ox. Your birth sign is Sagittarius, with a ruling planet Jupiter. On your birthday, the moon was in Waning Gibbous 🌖 phase, and there were precisely 325 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on August 24, 2029.

→ You’ve slept 3,200 days or 8.77 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Ox
→ You have been alive 230,387 hours
→ You are 13,823,269 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 27 years old

You were born on a Tuesday

December 16, 1997, was the 3rd Tuesday of that year. It was also the 350th day and 12th month of 1997 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 1997 calendar will be in 2025. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 27th birthday will be on a Wednesday, and the birthday after that will be on a Tuesday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and automatically updated.

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Your next birthday is on a Wednesday

You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 8.77 years of your life.
You’ve slept 105 month of your life.
You’ve slept 457 week of your life.
You’ve slept 3,200 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 193,515,840 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,105,804,800 times. You have also blinked over 234,983,520 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (Billboard Hot 100 – December 16, 1997). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was Carl Cox followed by Paul Oakenfold and Sasha according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on December 16, 1997

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Zara Larsson (pop singer)

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find all celebrity birthdays born on December 16, 1997.


Holidays on December 16, 1997

Here are a few holidays that are celebrated on your birthday:

We track thousands of holidays, you can view all of the holidays on December 16 here.

What happened on December 16th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 16 December 1997.

  • An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during Chinese Tang Dynasty.
  • Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese.
  • Parliamentarian General Oliver Cromwell appointed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
  • Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British imposed Tea Act.
  • 8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
  • Sports in 1997

    NBA – Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz (4 - 2) to win the 1997 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

    NHL – Detroit Red Wings defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 0) to win the 1997 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

    NFL – Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots (35 - 21) to win Super Bowl XXXI on January 26, 1997 in New Orleans, LA.

    MLB – Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians (4 - 3) to win the 1997 World Series. to win the World Series.

    Tennis –


    Your life path number is 9

    So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

    Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.