17 July 1986: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, July 17, 1986 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 290,263,680 breaths and experienced over 1,658,649,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 352,463,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 39 years, and 5 months

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐅 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: 4,799 days of your life or 13.15 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Top Gun

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Invisible Touch" by Genesis (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 3 ?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

1958

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

1973

Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor

1921

Acquanetta [Mildred Davenport], American actress nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano" (Tarzan & Leopard Woman)

1937

Elmer Fudd [originally Egghead], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series)

1933

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

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1975

Cécile de France, Belgian actress

1934

Willie Ito, American animator for Disney Studios ("Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti kiss); Warner Brothers; Hanna-Barbara)

📜 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

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.

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.

🏆 Sports in 1986

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 1) to win the 1986 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots (46 - 10) to win Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox (4 - 3) to win the 1986 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1986 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1986 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1986
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1986
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1986
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,733,994 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,799 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 158 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.15 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 488 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1986: 4,963,633,228 Source: un.org

The 1986 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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