17 July 1985: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, July 17, 1985 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 290,445,120 breaths and experienced over 1,659,686,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 352,683,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 39 years, 5 months, and 9 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 4,802 days of your life or 13.16 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Back to the Future

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran (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 11 ?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

1980

Brett Goldstein, English comedian and actor (Ted Lasso)

1988

Summer Bishil, American actress

1961

Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor

1926

Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer

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)

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)

1968

Beth Littleford, American comedian

📜 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 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.

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.

🏆 Sports in 1985

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

⚾ MLB

Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 1985 can be written as VII-XVII-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 1985
→ Day Index: 198th day of 1985
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1985
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,746,640 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,802 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 158 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.16 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 488 🌑
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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