17 July 1983: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, July 17, 1983 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 309,093,120 breaths and experienced over 1,766,246,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 375,327,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 41 years, 11 months, and 22 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐖 Born in → The Year of the Pig

😴 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: 5,111 days of your life or 14 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Every Breath You Take" by The Police (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

1988

Summer Bishil, American actress

1944

Catherine Schell [Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott], Hungarian-born British actress (two Pink Panther films)

1989

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

1942

Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("We'll Sing in the Sunshine"), and actress

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1978

Justine Triet, French filmmaker (Anatomy of a Fall)

1945

Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)

1975

Cécile de France, Belgian actress

📜 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.

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.

🏆 Sports in 1983

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Edmonton Oilers (4 - 0) to win the 1983 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies (4 - 1) to win the 1983 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1983 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-7(2-7), 7-5, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Chris Evert (6-1, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1983 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1983
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1983
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1983
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 42 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 22,078,206 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,111 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 168 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 520 🌓
→ 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 1983: 4,701,530,843 Source: un.org

The 1983 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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