17 October 2020: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, October 17, 2020 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 27,800,640 breaths and experienced over 158,860,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 33,757,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 3 years, 9 months, and 10 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 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: 460 days of your life or 1.26 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Bad Boys for Life

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo (source: Billboard Hot 100)

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

♎ October 17 zodiac sign is Libra ?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 4 ?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 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 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.

📅 Your lucky day → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Raven

⭐ Celebrities born on October 17th

1960

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

1920

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

1965

Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family)

1944

Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)

1970

Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)

1984

Chris Lowell, American actor

1989

Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress

1969

Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian

At the age of 56, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2020 with $113 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $98 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

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.

🎄 Holidays on October 17

Black Poetry Day

Black Poetry Day, celebrated every October 17th, honors African American poets and their powerful contributions to literature, showcasing the black experience through words, and marks the birth of Jupiter Hammon, the first published black poet in the U.S.

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.

National Catholic Men's Conference Day

National Catholic Men's Conference Day, celebrated on October 17th each year, is a special day to recognize and encourage Catholic men to grow in their faith and live up to their full potential by participating in conferences filled with inspiring talks and activities.

🏆 Sports in 2020

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2020 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisso 49ers (20 - 31) to win Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020 in Miami Gardens, FL.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 2) to win the 2020 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2020 US Open Championships, Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev (2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Victoria Azarenka (1-6, 6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

October 17, 2020 can be written as X-XVII-MMXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for October 17, 2020
→ Day Index: 291st day of 2020
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 2020
→ Next same calendar year: 2048
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 4 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 1,985,824 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 460 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 15 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 1.26 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 47 🌑
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Marigold
→ Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
→ Spirit Animal: Raven
→ Power Color: Pink
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2020: 7,794,798,739 Source: un.org

The 2020 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2048. So, mark your calendars!

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