17 March 1980: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Monday, March 17, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 331,390,080 breaths and experienced over 1,893,657,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 402,402,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, and 2 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌑 The moon was in New 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: 5,479 days of your life or 15.01 years.

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

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" by Pink Floyd (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♓ March 17 zodiac sign is Pisces ?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 11 ?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 Neptune ♆

🪨 Your birthstone is Aquamarine ?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 March is Daffodil ?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 → Thursday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Wolf

⭐ Celebrities born on March 17th

1963

Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Chinese actor

1964

Rob Lowe, American actor (St Elmo's Fire, The West Wing)

1962

Clare Grogan, Scottish new wave singer (Altered Images - "Happy Birthday"), and actress (Gregory's Girl; Eastenders)

1977

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, American actor (The Bear)

1989

Morfydd Clark, Welsh actress (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)

1979

Nicole "Coco" Austin, American glamor model

1960

Arye Gross, American actor (Ellen)

1966

Jeremy Sheffield, English actor (Holby City)

📜 Historical events on this date

432

Saint Patrick, aged about 16 is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date).

1521

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.

1861

Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Victor Emmanuel II following the campaigns led by Giuseppe Garibaldi.

1905

Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics.

1939

Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out (Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945).

1942

Bełżec Concentration Camp opens with the transport of 30,000 Lublin Polish Jews.

🎄 Holidays on March 17

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Day

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Day, celebrated on March 17, honors a Belgian abbess known for founding an abbey, helping travelers and widows, and being a patron saint of cats and other groups, based on stories from an old French book.

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

The National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, observed on the third Friday of March in Australia, is a day where schools and students come together to find ways to stop and prevent bullying, aiming to make schools safer for everyone.

AKC National Agility Championship

The AKC National Agility Championship is a cool competition where dogs, guided by their owners, race through an obstacle course with things like tunnels and jumps, showing off their speed and teamwork.

🏆 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.

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

🔦 Facts Summary for March 17, 1980
→ Day Index: 77th day of 1980
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1980
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,670,910 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,479 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 180 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.01 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 557 🌑
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Pisces ♓
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Neptune
→ Birth flower: Daffodil
→ Birthstone: Aquamarine
→ Spirit Animal: Wolf
→ Power Color: Light Green
→ 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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