17 July 1971: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Saturday, July 17, 1971 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 392,878,080 breaths and experienced over 2,245,017,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 477,066,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 53 years, 4 months, and 6 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐖 Born in → The Year of the Pig

😴 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: 6,496 days of your life or 17.8 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Fiddler on the Roof

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "It's Too Late" by Carole King (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 17 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 6 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 17th

1912

Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and TV host (People are Funny)

1954

J. Michael Straczynski, American television screenwriter, producer, comic book writer and director (Babylon 5; Jeremiah; Changeling)

1935

Diahann Carroll [Carol Diann Johnson] American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (No Strings; Julia; Claudine; Dynasty - "Dominique")

1958

Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director (In the Mood for Love)

1905

Bill Gargan, American actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; You Only Live Once)

1906

John Carroll [Julian LaFaye], American actor (Flying Tigers, Go West)

1961

Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor

1950

Derek de Lint, Dutch actor

📜 Historical events on this date

180

6 inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. Earliest record of Christianity in this part of the world.

1203

Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade, Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city.

1762

Catherine II becomes tsarina of Russia following the murder of Peter III.

1918

The Romanov royal family and several of their retainers are executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in the basement of Ipatiev House, in Yekaterinburg, Siberia.

1936

Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War.

1945

Potsdam Conference (Truman, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting.

2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.

🎄 Holidays on July 17

National Lottery Day

National Lottery Day, celebrated on July 17th, is about the thrill and hope of winning big money by playing lottery games, making it a day when people dream about hitting the jackpot and imagining what they'd do with their winnings.

National Peach Ice Cream Day

National Peach Ice Cream Day, celebrated on July 17th, is a fun holiday where everyone enjoys eating delicious peach-flavored ice cream to beat the summer heat.

Yellow Pig Day

Yellow Pig Day, celebrated on July 17th, is a quirky holiday where people not only appreciate a mythical yellow pig but mainly celebrate the magic and mysteries of the number 17 and all things math.

🏆 Sports in 1971

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 3) to win the 1971 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys (16 - 13) to win Super Bowl V on January 17, 1971 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1971 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1971 US Open Championships, Stan Smith defeated Jan Kodeš (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(5-3)) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Rosemary Casals (6-4, 7-6) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1971 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1971
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1971
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1971
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 54 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 28,063,082 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,496 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 213 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.8 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 661 🌘
→ Life path number: 6
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1971: 3,775,790,900 Source: un.org

The 1971 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

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