17 July 1974: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Wednesday, July 17, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 371,972,160 breaths and experienced over 2,125,555,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 451,680,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 6 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 6,150 days of your life or 16.85 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 17 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 9 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 17th

1947

Anders Koppel, Danish Hammond B-3 organist (Savage Rose; Bazaar), and composer of ballet and film scores and classical concert pieces

1989

Josie Loren Lopez, American actress (17 Again, Make It or Break It)

1988

Summer Bishil, American actress

1935

Diahann Carroll [Carol Diann Johnson] American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (No Strings; Julia; Claudine; Dynasty - "Dominique")

1933

Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) and actor (Dr. Who 1965-73)

1965

Alex Winter, English actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)

1914

Lucille Benson, American actress (Halloween II; 194;1 Bosom Buddies)

1968

Beth Littleford, American comedian

📜 Historical events on this date

180

6 inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in this part of the world.

1203

Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade, Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city.

1762

Catherine II becomes tsarina of Russia following the murder of Peter III.

1918

The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia.

1936

Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War.

1945

Potsdam Conference (Truman, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting.

2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

🎄 Holidays on July 17

National Get Out of the Dog House Day

National Get Out of the Dog House Day is a day when people try to make things right with someone they've upset, getting themselves out of trouble or making up for a mistake.

Wrong Way Corrigan Day

Wrong Way Corrigan Day celebrates the adventurous pilot who, on July 17, famously flew from New York to Ireland instead of California, claiming he went the "wrong way" by mistake.

Yellow Pig Day

Yellow Pig Day, celebrated on July 17th, is a quirky holiday where people not only appreciate a mythical yellow pig but mainly celebrate the magic and mysteries of the number 17 and all things math.

🏆 Sports in 1974

🏒 NHL

Philadelphia Flyers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1974 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings (24 - 7) to win Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 1) to win the 1974 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1974 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall (6-1, 6-0, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1974 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1974
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1974
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1974
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,570,511 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,150 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 202 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 16.85 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 625 🌘
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1974: 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org

The 1974 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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