17 May 2018: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Thursday, May 17, 2018 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 52,153,920 breaths and experienced over 298,022,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 63,329,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, and 30 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐕 Born in → The Year of the Dog

😴 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: 862 days of your life or 2.36 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Black Panther

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell according to DJ Mag.

♉ May 17 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 6 ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 17th

1978

Carlos Peña, Dominican MLB baseball infielder, 2001-14 (Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and 6 other teams), and broadcaster

1974

Andrea Corr, Irish Celtic folk rock singer, pianist, ukulele player (The Corrs - "What Can I Do"), and actress

1938

Don Dolan, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital)

1941

Grace Zabriskie, American actress

1939

Wim de Bie, Dutch comedian, satirist, and writer (van Kooten & de Bie - The Simplistic Covenant)

1959

Jim Nantz, American sportscaster

1954

John Iles, British stage and screen actor (The Bill -"Dashwood")

1990

Leven Rambin, American actress

At the age of 54, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2018 with $112 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $90 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1527

Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive.

1792

24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.

1803

John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine.

1973

Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.

2004

Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

2014

The center-right Hindu Nationalist Party, the BJP, wins landslide election victory in India.

🎄 Holidays on May 17

National Cherry Cobbler Day

National Cherry Cobbler Day, celebrated on May 17th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy a delicious dessert made with sweet cherries and a biscuit-like crust, which was created back in the 1800s when bakers had to get creative due to limited ingredients.

National Walnut Day

National Walnut Day, celebrated on May 17th, highlights the benefits and versatility of walnuts, promoting their heart, brain, and bone health benefits, and has been recognized since the 1950s thanks to the Walnut Marketing Board.

National Pinkfix Day

National Pink Friday, celebrated every May 17th in the United States, is a day dedicated to encouraging people, especially women, to learn about and take control of their personal finances for greater independence and empowerment.

🏆 Sports in 2018

🏒 NHL

Washington Capitals defeated Las Vegas Golden Knights (4 - 1) to win the 2018 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots (41 - 33) to win Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2018 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2018 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro (6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 17, 2018 can be written as V-XVII-MMXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 17, 2018
→ Day Index: 137th day of 2018
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 2018
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,725,859 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 862 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 28 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.36 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 88 🌒
→ Life path number: 6
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2018: 7,632,819,325 Source: un.org

The 2018 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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