Date:August 17, 1972

August 17, 1972

August 8, 1972 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Thursday, August 17, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 385,539,840 breaths and experienced over 2,203,084,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 468,155,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 4 months, and 9 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 6,375 days of your life or 17.46 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 17 zodiac sign is Leo ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.


🔢 Your life path number is 8 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.


🪐 Your ruling planet is Sun


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.


🌷 The birth flower for August is Gladiolus ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.


📅 Your lucky day → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


Celebrities born on August 17th

1963
Jon Gruden, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2002, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Oakland/LV Raiders) and broadcaster (ESPN MNF)

1951
Robert Joy, Canadian actor (Big Shots, CSI)

1927
Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana)

1928
Willem Duys, Dutch radio and TV host

1866
Julia Marlowe [Sarah Frances Frost], English-American Shakespearean actress

1935
Oleg Tabakov, Soviet-Russian actor and artistic director (Moscow Art Theatre)

1991
Austin Butler, American actor (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Elvis)

1901
Henri Tomasi, French classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea)


📜 Historical events on this date

1590
Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier [or Aug 18, 1591].

1903
Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America.

1945
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands.

1945
Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

1947
The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

1998
Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.


🎄 Holidays on August 17

Baby Boomers Recognition Day
Baby Boomers Recognition Day, celebrated on August 17th, honors the generation born between 1946 and 1964 for their contributions and achievements in shaping modern society.

National Nonprofit Day
National Nonprofit Day, celebrated on August 17th, is a day to recognize and appreciate the hard work and positive impact of nonprofit organizations that work to improve our communities and help people in need.

National I LOVE My feet Day
National I Love My Feet Day, celebrated every August 17, is a day to appreciate and take care of our feet for all the hard work they do in supporting our body, helping us balance, and carrying us through life.


🏆 Sports in 1972

🏒 NHL
Boston Bruins defeated New York Rangers (4 - 2) to win the 1972 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins (24 - 3) to win Super Bowl VI on January 16, 1972 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB
Oakland Athletics beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 3) to win the 1972 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1972 US Open Championships, Ilie Nastase defeated Arthur Ashe (3-6, 6-3, 6-7(1-5), 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Kerry Melville Reid (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1972 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1972
Day Index: 230th day of 1972
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 53 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,539,651 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,375 days
Months spent sleeping: 209 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.46 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 648 🌓
Life path number: 8
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 1972: 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org

The 1972 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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