Date:December 17, 2001

December 17, 2001

December 12, 2001 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Monday, December 17, 2001 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 172,448,640 breaths and experienced over 985,420,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 209,401,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 23 years, 5 months, and 2 days


📅 You were born on a Monday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Z


🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent


😴 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: 2,851 days of your life or 7.81 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was John Digweed followed by Sasha and Danny Tenaglia according to DJ Mag.

♐ December 17 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?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 5 ?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 Jupiter


🪨 Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?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 December is Narcissus ?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 → Thursday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Owl


Celebrities born on December 17th

1935
George Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show),

1945
Christopher Cazenove, England, actor (Ben-Dynasty)

1979
Jaimee Foxworth, American actress (Family Matters, 1989-93 - "Judy")

1978
Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor and filmmaker (Lai Bhaari; Ek Villian)

1964
Eric Brown, actor (Buzz-Mama's Family)

1943
Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and avant-garde, symphonic rock, and film score composer

1931
Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family)

1977
Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress (Vikings; Big Sky)

At the age of 45, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2001 with $58.7 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $32.3 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1398
Timur (Tamerlane) captures and sacks Delhi, defeating Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies by setting camels loaded with hay alight and charging them at the Sultans armoured elephants.

1526
Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition.

1788
Russian army of Grigory Potemkin occupies Ocharov.

1903
The Wright Brothers make the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM, piloted by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

1986
Mrs Davina Thompson makes medical history by having the 1st heart, lung & liver transplant at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England.


🎄 Holidays on December 17

National Device Appreciation Day
National Device Appreciation Day, on December 17th, is a day to celebrate and protect the gadgets and technology that make our lives easier and more fun, by reminding us to insure them against damage or loss.

National Wreaths Across America Day
National Wreaths Across America Day is a day where people place wreaths on soldiers' graves to remember and honor past and present military members, and to remind everyone, especially young people like you, of the sacrifices made for freedom, happening every third Saturday in December.

Wright Brother's Day
Wright Brothers' Day celebrates the two inventors, Orville and Wilbur Wright, who made the first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903, and it's a day when people remember and honor their groundbreaking achievement in aviation.


🏆 Sports in 2001

🏒 NHL
Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 3) to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants (34 - 7) to win Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the 2001 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2001 US Open Championships, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

December 17, 2001 can be written as XII-XVII-MMI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for December 17, 2001
Day Index: 351st day of 2001
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2001
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 24 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 12,317,834 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,851 days
Months spent sleeping: 94 months
Years spent sleeping: 7.81 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 290 🌒
Life path number: 5
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐
Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
Birth flower: Narcissus
Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
Spirit Animal: Owl
Power Color: Purple
President of United States:
World population 2001: 6,223,412,158 Source: un.org

The 2001 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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