17 July 1982: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Saturday, July 17, 1982 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 312,439,680 breaths and experienced over 1,785,369,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 379,391,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 42 years, 5 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐕 Born in → The Year of the Dog

😴 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: 5,166 days of your life or 14.15 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Extra-Terrestrial

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Don't You Want Me" by Human League (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 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 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

1920

Bill Monroe, American newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report)

1983

Brooke Kinsella, British actress (Eastenders)

1912

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

1942

Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("We'll Sing in the Sunshine"), and actress

1944

Catherine Schell [Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott], Hungarian-born British actress (two Pink Panther films)

1965

Alex Winter, English actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)

1962

Bill Sage, American actor

1932

Johnny Kerr, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 59, 63; Syracuse Nats/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns) and broadcaster (Chicago Bulls)

📜 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 Tattoo Day

National Tattoo Day, celebrated on July 17, is a day to explore and appreciate the art and cultural significance of tattoos, a form of body art created by inserting ink into the skin to make permanent designs.

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 1982

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Vancouver Canucks (4 - 0) to win the 1982 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals (26 - 21) to win Super Bowl XVI on January 24, 1982 in Pontiac, MI.

⚾ MLB

St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers (4 - 3) to win the 1982 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1982 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (6-3, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1982 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1982
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1982
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1982
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 43 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 22,317,582 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,166 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 170 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.15 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 525 🌘
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1982: 4,618,776,168 Source: un.org

The 1982 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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