Date:November 17, 1979

November 17, 1979

November 11, 1979 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Saturday, November 17, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 327,398,400 breaths and experienced over 1,870,848,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 397,555,200 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 5 months, and 17 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat


😴 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: 5,413 days of your life or 14.83 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Still" by The Commodores (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♏ November 17 zodiac sign is Scorpio ?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 9 ?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 Pluto


🪨 Your birthstone is Topaz and Citrine ?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 November is Chrysanthemum ?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 → Tuesday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Snake


Celebrities born on November 17th

1940
William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat - "PC Alf Ventress")

1926
[Robin] "Robert" Brown, American actor (Here Come the Brides - "Jason"; Primus)

1930
David Amram, American classical, jazz, folk, and film score composer (Shakespeare in the Park; Splendor in the Grass; The Manchurian Candidate), musician, conductor, and educator

1942
Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)

1927
Fenella Fielding, English actress (Carry On films)

1992
Darian Weiss, American actor

1953
Jilly Johnson, British model and pop vocalist (Blonde on Blonde)

1994
Raquel Castro, American actress


📜 Historical events on this date

1558
Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen "Bloody" Mary.

1800
Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building.

1831
Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia.

1855
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.

1869
Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas.

1922
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship.

1970
Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.


🎄 Holidays on November 17

National Rural Health Day
National Rural Health Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the efforts of healthcare workers and leaders in small towns and rural areas, focusing on improving healthcare despite challenges like long distances to hospitals and limited resources.

National Take a Hike Day
National Take a Hike Day, celebrated annually on November 17th, encourages people to get outdoors and enjoy a walk or hike in nature.

National Unfriend Day
National Unfriend Day, celebrated on November 17th, is a humorous holiday created by television host Jimmy Kimmel in 2010, encouraging people to review and reduce their social media friends list to eliminate unnecessary or superficial connections.


🏆 Sports in 1979

🏒 NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1979 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

November 17, 1979 can be written as XI-XVII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for November 17, 1979
Day Index: 321st day of 1979
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,386,110 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,413 days
Months spent sleeping: 178 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.83 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 551 🌘
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Scorpio ♏
Zodiac ruling planet: Pluto
Birth flower: Chrysanthemum
Birthstone: Topaz and Citrine
Spirit Animal: Snake
Power Color: Black
President of United States:
World population 1979: 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

The 1979 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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