9 December 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Saturday, December 9, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 51,448,320 breaths and experienced over 293,990,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 62,472,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 6 years, 11 months, and 26 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous 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: 851 days of your life or 2.33 years.

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

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rockstar" by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage (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.

♐ December 9 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 22 ?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 9th

1965

Brad Savage, American actor (Red Dawn)

1930

Buck Henry [Henry Zuckerman], American Emmy Award-winning screenwrite, actor, and director

1942

Alex Gilady, Israeli journalist (VP NBC Sports; Chairman IAAF Television Commission; 7 x Emmy Awards) and sports official (IOC)

1941

Beau Bridges, American actor (Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer)

1952

Michael Dorn, American actor (Worf-Star Trek Next Generation)

1929

John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby)

1978

Jesse Metcalfe, American actor (Desperate Housewives; John Tucker Must Die)

2340

Worf, Fictional Klingon character in Star Trek Next Generation

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

536

Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire.

1212

Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz.

1968

NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.

1990

Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's 1st direct presidential election in Poland.

1992

Operation Restore Hope - US Marines land in Somalia.

🎄 Holidays on December 9

Weary Willie Day

Weary Willie Day, celebrated on December 9th in the U.S., is a special day to appreciate clowns who make us laugh with their sad faces, inspired by a famous clown named Emmett Kelly who cheered people up during tough times.

National Pastry Day

National Pastry Day, celebrated on December 9th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the wide variety of pastries, a type of sweet or savory baked good that has been enjoyed since ancient times and has evolved across different cultures, especially becoming a culinary art in France.

National Opal Apples Day

National Opal Apples Day, celebrated on December 9th, honors a unique apple that stays fresh and doesn't brown quickly, making your snacks and salads look and taste better for longer.

🏆 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.

December 9, 2017 can be written as XII-IX-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for December 9, 2017
→ Day Index: 343rd day of 2017
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 7 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,675,337 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 851 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 28 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.33 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 87 🌖
→ Life path number: 22
→ 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 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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