Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Friday, November 17, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Tuesday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Grease
🎮 Number one video game › Space Invaders
🎵 Number one song › "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Scorpio
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Pluto ♇
🐼 Spirit Animal › Snake
🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Chrysanthemum
🪨 Birthstone › Topaz and Citrine
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Black
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,896,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 411,508,800 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,936,512,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,824,080,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 338,889,600 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on July 26, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1558
Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen "Bloody" Mary.
1800
Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building.
1831
Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia.
1855
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.
1869
Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas.
1922
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship.
1970
Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
Famous people with my birthday
1961
Merete Van Kemp, Danish actress (Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy)
Aaron Finch, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests, 2 x 50; captain Men's T20 World Cup 2021; record score T20I 172 2018; Victoria) and broadcaster (Fox Sports, Network 7)
John Wells, English actor (Casino Royale; The Bobo), screenwriter, screenwriter, and satirist (That Was the Week That Was)
Holidays on Friday, November 17th
National Rural Health Day
National Rural Health Day is a day to recognize and celebrate the efforts of healthcare workers and leaders in small towns and rural areas, focusing on improving healthcare despite challenges like long distances to hospitals and limited resources.
National Unfriend Day
National Unfriend Day, celebrated on November 17th, is a humorous holiday created by television host Jimmy Kimmel in 2010, encouraging people to review and reduce their social media friends list to eliminate unnecessary or superficial connections.
National Take a Hike Day
National Take a Hike Day, celebrated annually on November 17th, encourages people to get outdoors and enjoy a walk or hike in nature.
Great American Smokeout
The Great American Smokeout is an annual event organized by the American Cancer Society, encouraging smokers across the United States to quit smoking or make a plan to quit, emphasizing the health benefits of giving up tobacco.
Use Less Stuff Day
Use Less Stuff Day, happening on November 17 this year, is a day to think about cutting down on the extra stuff we buy or keep, aiming for a simpler life especially when shopping season is at its peak.
