January 17, 1979

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, January 17, 1979:

🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 How many days until my birthday

Countdown time to your next birthday:


🍿 Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer
🎮 Number one video game › Asteroids
🎵 Number one song › "Le Freak" by Chic

🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Capricorn
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄
🐼 Spirit Animal › Goose

🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Carnation
🪨 Birthstone › Garnet
📅 Lucky day › Saturday
Power Color › Grey

Gas price per gallon › $0.86





🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,793,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 409,942,080 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,929,139,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,813,328,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 337,599,360 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 25, 2010.


What happened on my birthday

1773
Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S).

1873
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.

1912
Captain Robert Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.

1946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting.

1991
Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War.


Famous people with my birthday

1970
Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator

1994
Lucy Boynton, British-American actress (The Politician)

1934
Donald Cammell, Scottish film director (Performance; Wild Side), and painter

1977
Kevin Thorn, American professional wrestler

1926
Dick Hills, British screenwriter, with Sid Green (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers)

1904
Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds)

1917
M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor and politician

1980
Kimberly Spicer, American model


Holidays on Wednesday, January 17th

Cable Car Day
Cable Car Day, celebrated on January 17th, honors the invention of the cable car in 1871 by Andrew Smith Hallidie, inspired to help horses struggling on San Francisco's steep hills, leading to the unique and still-operating cable cars in the city today.

Customer Service Day
Customer Service Day, celebrated on January 17th, appreciates the people who make sure customers are happy and help solve their problems, reminding us that great service is key to keeping customers loyal to a brand.

Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day is a day to promote healthy eating and exercise habits, ditching quick-fix diets that don't really work, and focusing on long-term health instead.

Popeye Day
Popeye Day, celebrated on January 17th, marks the anniversary of the spinach-loving sailor's debut in the comic strip "Thimble Theatre" in 1929, highlighting his journey from a side character to a pop culture icon with his own animated series.

National Bootlegger's Day
National Bootlegger's Day, celebrated on January 17, honors the era when the U.S. banned alcohol, leading to the illegal making and selling of whiskey, like the famous Templeton Rye, favored by the notorious gangster Al Capone.

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