17 November 2009: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, November 17, 2009 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 108,178,560 breaths and experienced over 618,163,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 131,359,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 14 years, 8 months, and 10 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 1,789 days of your life or 4.9 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Avatar

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Fireflies" by Owl City (source: Billboard Hot 100)

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

♏ 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 3 ?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

1937

Peter Cook, British comic and actor (Bedazzled: Yellowbeard; The Princess Bride)

1928

Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind)

1957

Debbie Thrower, British journalist and BBC News presenter

1942

Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)

1983

Harry Lloyd, English actor

1990

Shanica Knowles, American actress

1959

William R. Moses, American actor (Cole-Falcon Crest)

1967

Sheila Lussier, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur)

At the age of 53, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2009 with $40 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $37 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 Hiking Day

National Hiking Day, celebrated on November 17th, encourages people to explore and appreciate the great outdoors by taking hikes in their local parks, trails, or mountains.

National Homemade Bread Day

National Homemade Bread Day, celebrated on November 17th, is when you get to make, smell, see, feel, and taste delicious bread right from your oven, sharing the yummy joy with friends and family.

Use Less Stuff Day

Use Less Stuff Day, happening on November 17 this year, is a day to think about cutting down on the extra stuff we buy or keep, aiming for a simpler life especially when shopping season is at its peak.

🏆 Sports in 2009

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Detroit Redwings (4 - 3) to win the 2009 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers beat Arizona Cardinals (27 - 23) to win Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankeess beat Philadelphia Phillies (4 - 2) to win the 2009 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2009 US Open Championships, Juan Martin del Potro defeated Roger Federer (3-6, 7-6(7-5), 4-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki (7-5, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

November 17, 2009 can be written as XI-XVII-MMIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for November 17, 2009
→ Day Index: 321st day of 2009
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2009
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 15 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 7,727,143 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,789 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 59 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 4.9 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 182 🌑
→ Life path number: 3
→ 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 2009: 6,873,741,054 Source: un.org

The 2009 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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