17 September 2001: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Monday, September 17, 2001 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 169,344,000 breaths and experienced over 967,680,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 205,632,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 22 years, 11 months, and 29 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent

😴 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: 2,800 days of your life or 7.67 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was John Digweed followed by Sasha and Danny Tenaglia according to DJ Mag.

♍ September 17 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 2 ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 Your birthstone is Sapphire ?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 September is Aster/Myosotis ?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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear

⭐ Celebrities born on September 17th

1939

Joseph Mosikili, American-born South African broadway actor and singer

1965

Kyle Chandler, American actor (Friday Night Lights)

1963

James Urbaniak, American character actor

1940

Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek)

1962

Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!)

1955

Charles Martinet, American actor (voice of Mario in Nintendo video games 1996-2023)

1972

Bobby Lee, American comedian and actor (Splitting Up Together)

1989

Danielle Brooks, American actress (Orange is the New Black)

At the age of 45, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2001 with $58.7 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $32.3 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

642

Arab forces under Amr ibn al-'As conquer Alexandria.

1683

Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria.

1862

Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil.

1900

Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed.

1916

The Red Baron [Manfred von Richthofen], WWI flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

1978

Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel.

🎄 Holidays on September 17

National Table Shuffleboard Day

National Table Shuffleboard Day, celebrated every September 17, is a fun day where places like bars and game rooms honor the old and entertaining game of sliding pucks on a board to score points.

National Pet Bird Day

National Pet Bird Day, celebrated on September 17th, is a day to appreciate the happiness pet birds bring into our lives, sponsored by the Bird Enjoyment and Advantage Koalition, which promotes responsible bird ownership and provides resources for bird lovers.

National Pet Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety Day

National Pet Carbon Monoxide (CO) Safety Day, observed on September 17th, is a day to learn how to protect pets from the invisible, odorless, but deadly gas, carbon monoxide, that can poison them without anyone noticing.

🏆 Sports in 2001

🏒 NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 3) to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants (34 - 7) to win Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB

Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the 2001 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2001 US Open Championships, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

September 17, 2001 can be written as IX-XVII-MMI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for September 17, 2001
→ Day Index: 260th day of 2001
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2001
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 23 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 12,096,064 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,800 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 92 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 7.67 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 285 🌑
→ Life path number: 2
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Aster/Myosotis
→ Birthstone: Sapphire
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2001: 6,223,412,158 Source: un.org

The 2001 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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