17 February 2011: Top 25 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Thursday, February 17, 2011 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: 13 years, 2 months, and 9 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 97,110,720 breaths and experienced over 554,918,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 117,920,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 1,606 days of your life or 4.4 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa (source: Billboard Hot 100).

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Armin van Buuren and Tiësto according to DJ Mag.

♒ February 17 zodiac sign is Aquarius ?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 Uranus ♅

🪨 Your birthstone is Amethyst ?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 February is Violet ?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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Otter

⭐ Celebrities born on February 17th

1954

Rene Russo, American model and actress ("Nightcrawler", "Ransom", "Lethal Weapon 3 & 4")

1996

Sasha Pieterse, South African actress (Pretty Little Liars)

1979

Bear McCreary, American composer for film, television (Outlander; The Walking Dead: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and video games

1947

Dallas Adams, British actor, painter and writer (Terror From Within)

1936

John Leyton, British actor and singer ("Johnny Remember Me")

1985

Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model

1970

Dominic Purcell, English-born Australian actor (Prison Break)

1934

Alan Bates, British actor (Zorba the Greek; An Unmarried Woman; The Rose)

At the age of 71, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2011 with $74 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $56 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1568

Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II agrees to pay tribute to the Ottoman Empire for peace.

1865

Columbia, South Carolina, burns down during American Civil War.

1876

Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine.

1969

Golda Meir sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

1972

British Parliament votes to join the European Common Market.

2017

Discovery of a new mostly underwater continent Zealandia in the South Pacific announced in research journal "GSA Today".

🎄 Holidays on February 17

Champion Crab Races Day

Champion Crab Races Day, on February 17th, is a fun competition where people race their crabs in a series of heats to win prizes, with the crabs starting under a bowl and racing to be the first to leave the ring.

National Caregivers Day

National Caregivers Day is a special day to say thank you to all the amazing people who help take care of others, like family members or professionals, showing appreciation for their hard work and dedication on the third Friday of February.

Analog to Digital TV Day

Analog to Digital TV Day celebrates the switch from old-style TV broadcasts to clearer, more advanced digital ones on February 17 each year in the U.S.

National Cabbage Day

National Cabbage Day, celebrated on February 17, is a day to appreciate and explore the many ways to enjoy cabbage, a versatile vegetable with a long history, and its relatives like broccoli and kale.

Simplot Games

The Simplot Games is a major annual track and field event for high school athletes from the US and Canada, hosted in Idaho on a super-fast track, and sponsored by a big company since 1979.

🏆 Sports in 2011

🏒 NHL

Boston Bruins defeated Vancouver Canucks (4 - 3) to win the 2011 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers (31 - 25) to win Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011 in Arlington, TX.

⚾ MLB

St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers (4 - 3) to win the 2011 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2011 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal (6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Samantha Stosur beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

February 17, 2011 can be written as II-XVII-MMXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for February 17, 2011

→ Day Index: 48th day of 2011
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 2011
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 14 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,937,316 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,606 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 53 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 4.4 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 163 🌔
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Aquarius ♒
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Uranus
→ Birth flower: Violet
→ Birthstone: Amethyst
→ Spirit Animal: Otter
→ Power Color: Blue
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2011: 7,043,008,586 Source: un.org

The 2011 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2033. So, mark your calendars!

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