July 17, 1978 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn must-know facts about Monday, July 17, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 337,337,280 breaths and experienced over 1,927,641,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 409,623,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 9 months, and 23 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse

😴 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: 5,578 days of your life or 15.28 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb (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 4 ?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

1989

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

1926

Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer

1939

Andrée Champagne, French Canadian actress and politician

1973

Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor

1915

Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters)

1914

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

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1961

Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor

📜 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 Tattoo Day

National Tattoo Day, celebrated on July 17, is a day to explore and appreciate the art and cultural significance of tattoos, a form of body art created by inserting ink into the skin to make permanent designs.

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.

National Peach Ice Cream Day

National Peach Ice Cream Day, celebrated on July 17th, is a fun holiday where everyone enjoys eating delicious peach-flavored ice cream to beat the summer heat.

🏆 Sports in 1978

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1978 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XII on January 15, 1978 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1978 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1978 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Bjorn Borg (6-4, 6-2, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Pam Shriver (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1978 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1978
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,096,791 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,578 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 183 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.28 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 567 🌔
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1978: 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org

The 1978 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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