July 17, 2002 | BirthdayAnswers

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You’ve taken nearly 160,513,920 breaths and experienced over 917,222,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 194,909,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 21 years, 9 months, and 18 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐎 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: 2,654 days of your life or 7.27 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Spider-Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Hot In Herre" by Nelly (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Tiësto followed by Sasha and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♋ 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 1 ?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

1978

Justine Triet, French filmmaker (Anatomy of a Fall)

1944

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

1946

Alun Armstrong, English actor (New Tricks)

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1989

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

1958

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

1933

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

1951

Lucie Arnaz, American actress (Here's Lucy - "Kim": The Jazz Singer), and singer

At the age of 46, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2002 with $52.8 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $35 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 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 2002

🏒 NHL

Detroit Red Wings defeated Carolina Hurricanes (4 - 1) to win the 2002 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams (20 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Anaheim Angels beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 3) to win the 2002 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2002 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Venus Williams (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 2002 can be written as VII-XVII-MMII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 2002
→ Day Index: 198th day of 2002
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 2002
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 22 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 11,465,401 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,654 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 87 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 7.27 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 270 🌓
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2002: 6,302,149,639 Source: un.org

The 2002 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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