Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, October 17, 1988:
Born into › Millennials Generation Next birthday will be on › Saturday How many days until my birthday ›
215 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
4 months
27 days
8 hours
42 minutes
Number one movie › Rain Man Number one video game › Super Mario Bros. 3 Number one song › "Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins
Chinese Zodiac › Dragon Sun Sign › Libra Zodiac Element › Air Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Venus Spirit Animal › Raven
Life Path Number › 8 Birth flower › Marigold Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
Gas price per gallon › $0.9
Bread price per pound › $0.61
Milk price per gallon › $2.3 Eggs price per dozen › $0.79 Bananas price per pound › $0.42
President of United States › World population › 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 21,276,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 325,535,040 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,531,929,600 times. You have taken about 2,234,064,000 steps. You have taken about 268,087,680 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 25, 2020.
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
1926
Beverly Garland [Fessenden], American actress (My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King)
1987
Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress
1964
David Cromer, American theatre director and actor (The Band's Visit)
1969
Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
1966
Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
1961
John Okafor, Nigerian Nollywood actor and comedian
1984
Chris Lowell, American actor
1970
Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
Holidays on Monday, October 17th
National Pasta Day
National Pasta Day, celebrated every October 17, is a fun day to enjoy and honor the delicious and diverse Italian dish that has become a favorite meal in many American households.
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 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.