Date:July 17, 1979

July 17, 1979 Birthday Answers

July 7, 1979 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, July 17, 1979 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: 44 years, 9 months, and 7 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 329,676,480 breaths and experienced over 1,883,865,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 400,321,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

πŸ“… You were born on a Tuesday


πŸŒ— The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day


βŒ› Born into β†’ Generation X


🐐 Born in β†’ The Year of the Goat


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?πŸ’€ Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 5,451 days of your life or 14.93 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎢 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer (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.


πŸ”’ 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.


πŸͺ Your ruling planet is Moon ☽


πŸͺ¨ 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.


πŸ“… Your lucky day β†’ Monday


πŸ¦… Your spirit animal β†’ Woodpecker


⭐ Celebrities born on July 17th

1905
Bill Gargan, American actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; You Only Live Once)

1954
J. Michael Straczynski, American television screenwriter, producer, comic book writer and director (Babylon 5; Jeremiah; Changeling)

1945
Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)

1958
Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director (In the Mood for Love)

1950
Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1975
CΓ©cile de France, Belgian actress

1912
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and TV host (People are Funny)

1932
Johnny Kerr, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 59, 63; Syracuse Nats/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns) and broadcaster (Chicago Bulls)


πŸ“œ 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.


πŸŽ„ 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.

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.

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.

National Lottery Day
National Lottery Day, celebrated on July 17th, is about the thrill and hope of winning big money by playing lottery games, making it a day when people dream about hitting the jackpot and imagining what they'd do with their winnings.

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.


πŸ† Sports in 1979

πŸ’ NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1979 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1979 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


πŸ”¦ Facts Summary for July 17, 1979

β†’ Day Index: 198th day of 1979
β†’ Day of week: Tuesday
β†’ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 1979
β†’ Next same calendar year: 2029
β†’ Days until next birthday:
β†’ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
β†’ Days since birth:
β†’ You are: 23,549,285 minutes old
β†’ Days spent sleeping: 5,451 days
β†’ Months spent sleeping: 179 months
β†’ Years spent sleeping: 14.93 years
β†’ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
β†’ Full moons since birth: 554 πŸŒ—
β†’ Life path number: 5
β†’ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
β†’ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
β†’ Birth flower: Larkspur
β†’ Birthstone: Ruby
β†’ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
β†’ Power Color: Silver
β†’ President of United States:
β†’ World population 1979: 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

The 1979 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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