Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, October 17, 1977:
🕰️ 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 › Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
🎮 Number one video game › Zork
🎵 Number one song › "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone
🐍 Chinese Zodiac › Serpent
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 6
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.62
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,229,201,257 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,526,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 421,153,920 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,981,900,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,890,272,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 346,832,640 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 25, 2009.
What happened on my birthday
733
Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel's Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi halting Islamic influence (date disputed).
1854
French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War.
1907
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1943
Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army.
1973
OPEC oil ministers use oil as an economic weapon in the Arab-Israeli War, mandating a cut in exports and recommending an embargo against unfriendly states.
2017
Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting.
Famous people with my birthday
1974
Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
1950
Howard Rollins, American actor (Bannister-Wildside, Ed Harding-Another World)
1920
Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg)
1949
Bill Hudson, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1948
George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers)
1992
Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor
1965
Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family)
1984
Chris Lowell, American actor
Holidays on Monday, October 17th
British Food Fortnight
British Food Fortnight is a fun, two-week event celebrating traditional British cuisine and promoting healthy eating, taking place across the UK in schools, restaurants, and homes.
National Catholic Men's Conference Day
National Catholic Men's Conference Day, celebrated on October 17th each year, is a special day to recognize and encourage Catholic men to grow in their faith and live up to their full potential by participating in conferences filled with inspiring talks and activities.
Black Poetry Day
Black Poetry Day, celebrated every October 17th, honors African American poets and their powerful contributions to literature, showcasing the black experience through words, and marks the birth of Jupiter Hammon, the first published black poet in the U.S.
National Pay Back a Friend Day
National Pay Back a Friend Day on October 17 encourages you to settle any money you owe your friends to fix and strengthen your friendships, inspired by a study showing how unpaid loans can ruin friendships.
National Mulligan Day
National Mulligan Day, celebrated on October 17, is all about getting a second chance to fix a mistake, originally from golf, but really it's for any part of life where you wish you could have a do-over.
