Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, December 17, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Thursday How many days until my birthday ›
278 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
25 days
15 hours
54 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Escape (Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Sagittarius Zodiac Element › Fire Zodiac Quality › Mutable Ruling Planet › Jupiter ♃ Spirit Animal › Owl
Life Path Number › 1 Birth flower › Narcissus Birthstone › Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz Lucky day › Thursday ⬤Power Color › Purple
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 26,436,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 404,483,040 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,903,449,600 times. You have taken about 2,775,864,000 steps. You have taken about 333,103,680 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on August 25, 2011.
What happened on my birthday
1398
Timur (Tamerlane) captures and sacks Delhi, defeating Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies by setting camels loaded with hay alight and charging them at the Sultans armoured elephants.
1526
Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition.
1788
Russian army of Grigory Potemkin occupies Ocharov.
1903
The Wright Brothers make the first sustained motorized aircraft flight at 10:35 AM, piloted by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1986
Mrs Davina Thompson makes medical history by having the 1st heart, lung & liver transplant at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England.
Famous people with my birthday
1945
Christopher Cazenove, England, actor (Ben-Dynasty)
1974
Giovonni Ribisi, actor (Cory-My 2 Dads, New Leave it To Beaver)
1930
Armin Mueller-Stahl, German painter, author and actor (Kafka, Music Box)
1971
Claire Forlani, British actress (Mallrats, Meet Joe Black, Hawaii Five-0)
1931
Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family)
1977
Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress (Vikings; Big Sky)
1935
George Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show),
1957
Masako Natsume [Odate], Japanese actress and model (Tripitaka in "Monkey")
Holidays on Monday, December 17th
Wright Brother's Day
Wright Brothers' Day celebrates the two inventors, Orville and Wilbur Wright, who made the first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903, and it's a day when people remember and honor their groundbreaking achievement in aviation.
National Maple Syrup Day
National Maple Syrup Day, celebrated on December 17th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the sweet, versatile syrup that's loved on pancakes and many other foods.
National Wreaths Across America Day
National Wreaths Across America Day is a day where people place wreaths on soldiers' graves to remember and honor past and present military members, and to remind everyone, especially young people like you, of the sacrifices made for freedom, happening every third Saturday in December.
National Device Appreciation Day
National Device Appreciation Day, on December 17th, is a day to celebrate and protect the gadgets and technology that make our lives easier and more fun, by reminding us to insure them against damage or loss.
National Ugly Sweater Day
National Ugly Sweater Day, celebrated on the third Friday of December, is a light-hearted holiday where people don festive sweaters that are considered tacky or ugly, often featuring exaggerated Christmas themes and decorations, to embrace the fun and humor of the holiday season.