17 July 2013: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, July 17, 2013 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 84,349,440 breaths and experienced over 481,996,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 102,424,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 11 years, 5 months, and 13 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent

😴 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: 1,395 days of your life or 3.82 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Hardwell followed by Armin van Buuren and Avicii according to DJ Mag.

♋ 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 3 ?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

1965

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

1962

Bill Sage, American actor

1958

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

1978

Justine Triet, French filmmaker (Anatomy of a Fall)

1968

Beth Littleford, American comedian

1926

Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer

1954

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

1980

Brett Goldstein, English comedian and actor (Ted Lasso)

At the age of 73, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2013 with $73 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $67 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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.

Wrong Way Corrigan Day

Wrong Way Corrigan Day celebrates the adventurous pilot who, on July 17, famously flew from New York to Ireland instead of California, claiming he went the "wrong way" by mistake.

🏆 Sports in 2013

🏒 NHL

Chicago Blackhawks defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 2013 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers (34 - 31) to win Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 2) to win the 2013 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2013 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic (6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka (7-5, 6-7(6-8), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 17, 2013 can be written as VII-XVII-MMXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 17, 2013
→ Day Index: 198th day of 2013
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 2013
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 12 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,025,615 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,395 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 46 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 3.82 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 142 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2013: 7,213,426,452 Source: un.org

The 2013 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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