Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, October 17, 1985:
Born into › Millennials Generation Next birthday will be on › Saturday How many days until my birthday ›
192 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
5 months
20 days
4 hours
46 minutes
Number one movie › Back to the Future Number one video game › Super Mario Bros. Number one song › "Take on Me" by A-ha
Chinese Zodiac › Ox Sun Sign › Libra Zodiac Element › Air Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Venus Spirit Animal › Raven
Life Path Number › 5 Birth flower › Marigold Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
Gas price per gallon › $1.12
Bread price per pound › $0.55
Milk price per gallon › $2.26 Eggs price per dozen › $0.8 Bananas price per pound › $0.37
President of United States › World population › 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 23,067,200,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 352,928,160 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,660,838,400 times. You have taken about 2,422,056,000 steps. You have taken approximately 290,646,720 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 25, 2017.
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
1989
Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress
1937
Paxton Whitehead, English stage and screen actor (Back to School, Mad About You - "Hal")
1959
Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show)
1944
Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
1955
Sam Bottoms, actor (Prime Risk, Savages)
1948
George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers)
1974
Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
1926
Beverly Garland [Fessenden], American actress (My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King)
Holidays on Thursday, October 17th
National Edge Day
National Edge Day, celebrated on October 17, is all about living a healthy lifestyle without alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes, inspired by a punk rock movement, and encourages everyone to try a cleaner way of living.
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, celebrated every third Monday of October, is a day dedicated to tidying up our computer desktops to keep them organized and running smoothly, inspired by the Personal Computer Museum in Ontario, Canada.
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.
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.