Date:October 17, 1982

October 17, 1982 Birthday Answers

October 10, 1982 birthday facts

Here are some cool birthday facts about 17th of October 1982 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

Overview

October 17, 1982, was the 3rd Sunday of 1982. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 10, 17, and 1982 reveal that your life path number is 11. Your zodiac sign is Libra ♎ with a ruling planet Venus ♀. Your birthstone is Opal and Tourmaline, and your birth flower is Marigold. You were born in the 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into impacts your life.

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→ You have been alive for

You were born in the Year of the Dog 🐕. On your birthday, the moon was in New 🌑 phase, and there were precisely 514 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second was on June 25, 2014.

You have been alive for:

You’ve taken nearly 305,605,440 breaths and experienced over 1,746,316,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 371,092,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Sunday

On October 17, 1982, the 3rd Sunday of the year, we marked the 290th day and 10th month of the Georgian calendar. The 1982 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

Your 42nd birthday will be on a Monday, and the birthday after that will be on a Friday. There are left before your next birthday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and automatically updated.

Your next birthday is in:

😴 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: 5,053 days of your life or 13.84 years.

🎶 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar (Billboard Hot 100 – October 17, 1982).

⭐ Which celebrity shares my birthday?

You’re in good company on October 17th! It’s also the birthday of some famous people. We’ve ordered this list chronologically.

1959
Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show)

1960
Guy Henry, British actor (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

1957
Lawrence Bender, American film producer (Reservoir Dogs; Death Proof; Django Unchained; An Inconvenient Truth)

1920
Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg)

1983
Daniel Booko, American actor

1974
Matthew Macfadyen, British actor

1946
Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap")

1947
Michael McKean, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, - "Lenny"; Saturday Night Live, 1994-95; This Is Spinal Tap)

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🎄 Holidays on October 17

On your special day, you’re not just blowing out birthday candles! Check out these holidays that share the spotlight with your birthday bash:

National Pay Back a Friend Day
National Pay Back a Friend Day on October 17 encourages you to settle any money you owe your friends to fix and strengthen your friendships, inspired by a study showing how unpaid loans can ruin friendships.

British Food Fortnight
British Food Fortnight is a fun, two-week event celebrating traditional British cuisine and promoting healthy eating, taking place across the UK in schools, restaurants, and homes.

National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, celebrated every third Monday of October, is a day dedicated to tidying up our computer desktops to keep them organized and running smoothly, inspired by the Personal Computer Museum in Ontario, Canada.

National Pasta Day
National Pasta Day, celebrated every October 17, is a fun day to enjoy and honor the delicious and diverse Italian dish that has become a favorite meal in many American households.

National Edge Day
National Edge Day, celebrated on October 17, is all about living a healthy lifestyle without alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes, inspired by a punk rock movement, and encourages everyone to try a cleaner way of living.

→ View the full list of holidays on October 17th.

📜 What happened on October 17th?

Below are some of the important historical events that happened on October 17.

733
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).

1854
French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War.

1907
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.

1943
Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army.

1973
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.

2017
Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting.

🏆 Sports in 1982

🏀 NBA
Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 2) to win the 1982 NBA Finals.

🏒 NHL
New York Islanders defeated Vancouver Canucks (4 - 0) to win the 1982 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals (26 - 21) to win Super Bowl XVI on January 24, 1982 in Pontiac, MI.

⚾ MLB
St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers (4 - 3) to win the 1982 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1982 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (6-3, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

🔢 Your life path number is 11

?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. Life path number 11 is a master number that represents intuition, idealism and invention. You have the potential to be a source of inspiration and illumination for people.

♎ October 17 zodiac sign is Libra

People who are born on October 17 in 1982 have an astrological sign of Libra ♎. Libra's life pursuit is to be consistent and have a secret desire to live an easy, uncomplicated life. People of this zodiac sign like harmony, gentleness, sharing with others, and the outdoors, and dislike violence, injustice, loudmouths, and conformity. The strengths of this sign are that it is cooperative, diplomatic, gracious, fair-minded, and social, while weaknesses can be indecisiveness, avoiding confrontations, and carrying a grudge and self-pity. The greatest overall compatibility with Libra is Aries and Sagittarius.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Venus ♀

The ruling planet of Libra is Venus ♀. Venus is a planet of love, charm, and possessions. People who are born with Venus as the ruling planet have beauty, charm, and sensuality.

🪨 The birthstone for October 17, 1982 is Opal and Tourmaline

?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 birthstone for October 17, 1982 is The opal is an opaque gemstone that has a holographic sheen. When light is flashed onto it, the opal sparkles with the colors of the rainbow. This unique reflection is due to tiny cracks within the stone that cause light to break into various colors when hit. Even the black opal is known for reflecting bright colors of red and green. The opal gets its name from the Latin word opalus, which means "precious stone." The opal is a symbol of love and hope.

The tourmaline is a mysterious gemstone that exhibits a wide variety of colors. In fact, many rubies and emeralds have been misidentified, and are actually tourmaline. Other tourmaline colors include: yellow, blue, green, pink, brown and black. Tourmaline gets its name from the Sanskrit word toramalli, which means "something little out of the earth."

🌷 The birth flower for October is Marigold

?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. It is known for its vibrant orange color and is native to the Mediterranean. The first recorded cultivation of marigolds began with the Aztecs, who believed that the sunny flower possessed magical properties. Spanish conquistadors took these marigolds back with them to Spain where they were grown in monasteries.

⌛ Millennials Generation

1982 is part of Millennials Generation. Millennials (also known as Generation Y or "echo boomers" because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers). Millennials is a generation who grew up with computers, internet and social networks. Having been raised under the mantra "follow your dreams" and being told they were special, they tend to be confident and tolerant of difference.

🐕 The Year of the Dog

People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.

The next year (2025) is the Year of the Serpent.

Check this out — October 17, 1982, gets a cool ancient makeover as: X-XVII-MCMLXXXII. It’s the American/Western date style articulated through elegance of Roman numerals!


🔦 Facts Summary for October 17, 1982

Day Index: 290th day of 1982
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1982
Next same calendar year: 2027
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 42 years old
Days since birth:
Days spent sleeping: 5,053 days
Months spent sleeping: 166 months
Years spent sleeping: 13.84 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 514 🌑
First one billion second: was on June 25, 2014
Life path number: 11
Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
Birth flower: Marigold
Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
World population 1982: 4,618,776,168 Source: un.org
Spirit Animal: Raven
Power Color: Pink


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