Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, April 17, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › The Sting
🎮 Number one video game › Space Race
🎵 Number one song › "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn
🐂 Chinese Zodiac › Ox
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 5
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.39
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,155,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 461,374,560 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,171,174,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,166,296,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 379,955,520 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 24, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1387
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars).
1492
Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1895
Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed ending the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
1961
1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
1982
Proclamation of the Constitution Act by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Famous people with my birthday
1951
Olivia Hussey, Argentine-British actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)
1985
Luke Mitchell, Australian actor (Home and Away; Blindspot)
1954
Kim Tyler, American actor (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
1965
William Mapother, American actor (In the Bedroom)
1947
Linda Martin, Irish singer and TV presenter
1964
Lela Rochon, American actress (Robin Stokes-Waiting to Exhale)
1976
Alex Nesic, Serbian-French-American actor
1920
Genevieve [Ginette Auger], French actress and singer (The Jack Paar Show)
Holidays on Tuesday, April 17th
Go Fly a Kite Day
"Go Fly a Kite Day," celebrated every third Sunday in April, encourages people to enjoy flying kites, transforming the old dismissive phrase into a fun, outdoor activity.
Ford Mustang Day
Ford Mustang Day, celebrated on April 17th, is when car enthusiasts honor the iconic and powerful Ford Mustang by showing off their cars and joining in events and rallies worldwide.
National Cheese Ball Day
National Cheese Ball Day, celebrated on April 17th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy making and eating cheese balls, which are tasty snacks made from cheese and often coated in nuts or spices, not about funny sweaters.
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah is a day when Jews around the world remember the 6 million Jews who were killed by Hitler and his followers during the Holocaust, ensuring we never forget this tragic part of history.
Malbec World Day
Malbec World Day is celebrated on April 17th each year to honor the Malbec grape, famous for making wine, and marks the day Argentina started focusing on improving its wine industry back in 1853.
