Date:July 17, 1980

July 17, 1980

July 7, 1980 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Thursday, July 17, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 328,124,160 breaths and experienced over 1,874,995,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 398,436,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 6 months, and 21 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey


😴 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: 5,425 days of your life or 14.86 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" by Billy Joel (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 6 ?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

1935
Diahann Carroll [Carol Diann Johnson] American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (No Strings; Julia; Claudine; Dynasty - "Dominique")

1988
Summer Bishil, American actress

1979
Mike Vogel, American actor (Under the Dome)

1980
Brett Goldstein, English comedian and actor (Ted Lasso)

1906
John Carroll [Julian LaFaye], American actor (Flying Tigers, Go West)

1968
Beth Littleford, American comedian

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

1947
Anders Koppel, Danish Hammond B-3 organist (Savage Rose; Bazaar), and composer of ballet and film scores and classical concert pieces


📜 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 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.

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 1980

🏒 NHL
New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB
Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1980 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1980 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1980
Day Index: 199th day of 1980
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1980
Next same calendar year: 2036
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,438,841 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,425 days
Months spent sleeping: 178 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.86 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 552 🌒
Life path number: 6
Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
Birth flower: Larkspur
Birthstone: Ruby
Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
Power Color: Silver
President of United States:
World population 1980: 4,458,411,534 Source: un.org

The 1980 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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