17 July 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Monday, July 17, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

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You’ve taken nearly 390,378,240 breaths and experienced over 2,230,732,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 474,030,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

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

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 6,455 days of your life or 17.68 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers (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 7 ?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

1937

Elmer Fudd [originally Egghead], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series)

1945

Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)

1979

Mike Vogel, American actor (Under the Dome)

1906

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

1958

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

1989

Josie Loren Lopez, American actress (17 Again, Make It or Break It)

1912

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

1921

Acquanetta [Mildred Davenport], American actress nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano" (Tarzan & Leopard Woman)

📜 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

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.

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.

National Get Out of the Dog House Day

National Get Out of the Dog House Day is a day when people try to make things right with someone they've upset, getting themselves out of trouble or making up for a mistake.

🏆 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.

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

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1972
→ Day Index: 199th day of 1972
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday: 358 days
→ Age on next birthday: 54 years old
→ Days since birth: 19364 days
→ You are: 27,884,689 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,455 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 212 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.68 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 656 🌒
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ 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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