It was the 3rd Tuesday of 1977. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 17 and 1977 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Emerald, and your birth flower is the Lily of the valley. You are 46 old, and were born in 1970s, in the middle of Generation X. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ May 17, 1977 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Taurus
→ This date was 17,117 days ago
→ 1977 was the Year of the Serpent
→ In 2024, May 17 is on Saturday

View must-know May 17, 1977 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 47 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Serpent. Your birth sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus. There were precisely 580 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 23, 2009.

→ You’ve slept 5,706 days or 15.63 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Serpent
→ You have been alive 410,819 hours
→ You are 24,649,150 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old

You were born on a Tuesday

May 17, 1977 was the 3rd Tuesday of that year. It was also the 137th day and 5th month of 1977 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1977 calendar will be in 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 47th birthday will be on a Wednesday and a birthday after that will be on a Saturday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 15.63 years of your life.
You’ve slept 187 month of your life.
You’ve slept 815 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,706 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 345,078,720 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,971,878,400 times. You have also blinked over 419,024,160 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 17, 1977). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" by Hi-Five (May 17, 1991).

Celebrities born on May 17, 1977

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What happened on May 17th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 17 May 1977. Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive.
24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine.
Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.
Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

Sports in 1977

NBA – Portland Trail Blazers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 2) to win the 1977 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1977 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL – Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings (32 - 14) to win Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977 in Pasadena, CA.

MLB – New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1977 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 1

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.