17 July 2011: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Sunday, July 17, 2011 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 97,433,280 breaths and experienced over 556,761,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 118,311,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 13 years, 2 months, and 23 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 1,611 days of your life or 4.41 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Armin van Buuren and Tiësto 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

1914

Lucille Benson, American actress (Halloween II; 194;1 Bosom Buddies)

1905

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

1915

Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters)

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

1961

Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor

1942

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

1973

Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor

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)

At the age of 71, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2011 with $74 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $56 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

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 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.

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 2011

🏒 NHL

Boston Bruins defeated Vancouver Canucks (4 - 3) to win the 2011 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers (31 - 25) to win Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011 in Arlington, TX.

⚾ MLB

St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers (4 - 3) to win the 2011 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2011 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal (6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Samantha Stosur beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 2011 can be written as VII-XVII-MMXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 2011
→ Day Index: 198th day of 2011
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2011
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 14 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,959,581 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,611 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 53 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 4.41 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 164 🌖
→ 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 2011: 7,043,008,586 Source: un.org

The 2011 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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