It was the 3rd Friday of 1980. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 10, 17 and 1980 reveal that your life path number is 9. Your zodiac sign is Libra with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Opal and Tourmaline, and your birth flower is the Marigold. You are 43 old, and were born in 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ October 17, 1980 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Libra
→ This date was 15,868 days ago
→ 1980 was the Year of the Monkey
→ In 2024, October 17 is on Friday

View must-know October 17, 1980 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 44 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Monkey. Your birth sign is Libra with a ruling planet Venus. There were precisely 538 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on June 25, 2012.

→ You’ve slept 5,289 days or 14.49 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Monkey
→ You have been alive 380,848 hours
→ You are 22,850,928 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old

You were born on a Friday

October 17, 1980 was the 3rd Friday of that year. It was also the 291st day and 10th month of 1980 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1980 calendar will be in 2036. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 44th birthday will be on a Saturday and a birthday after that will be on a Friday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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Your next birthday is on a Saturday

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 14.49 years of your life.
You’ve slept 174 month of your life.
You’ve slept 756 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,289 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 319,898,880 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,827,993,600 times. You have also blinked over 388,448,640 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. (Billboard Hot 100 – October 17, 1980). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men (October 17, 1994).

Celebrities born on October 17, 1980

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Angel Parker (tv actress).

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find out all celebrity birthdays born on October 17, 1980.


What happened on October 17th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 17 October 1980. Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel's Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi halting Islamic influence (date disputed).
French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War.
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army.
OPEC oil ministers use oil as an economic weapon in the Arab-Israeli War, mandating a cut in exports and recommending an embargo against unfriendly states.

Sports in 1980

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup. to win the 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. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 9

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.