16 May 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Tuesday, May 16, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 55,964,160 breaths and experienced over 319,795,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 67,956,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, 7 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster

😴 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: 925 days of your life or 2.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I'm the One" by DJ Khaled (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

♉ May 16 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 22 ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 16th

1978

Jim Sturgess, British actor ("Across the Universe"; "The Way Back"), and singer-songwriter

1974

Adam Richman, American TV personality (Man v Food)

1998

Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress

1982

Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model

1929

Osmo Lindeman, Finnish jazz pianist, film score composer, pedagogue, and electronic music pioneer

1990

Thomas Sangster, British actor (Love Actually - "Sam"; Nanny McPhee; The Queen's Gambit)

1969

David Boreanaz, American actor (Angel, Bones)

1979

Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak horror movie actress (Hostel)

At the age of 61, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2017 with $86 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $75.6 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1920

Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint.

1943

Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous dambusters Raid, bombing the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.

1944

1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.

2013

Human stem cells are successfully cloned.

🎄 Holidays on May 16

National Stop Nausea Day

National Stop Nausea Day, observed on the third Tuesday in May, is a day dedicated to raising awareness about nausea and its triggers, encouraging people to learn about and use available treatments to manage this common but uncomfortable condition.

National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day

National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day, celebrated on May 16, encourages us to show appreciation to those around us, reminding us that neighbors aren't just the people living next door, but anyone we interact with, by doing kind acts or spending quality time with them.

National Wear Purple for Peace Day

National Wear Purple for Peace Day, celebrated every May 16th, is a quirky holiday where people wear purple to promote world peace and, in a fun twist, to signal to aliens that Earth is a friendly and peaceful place.

🏆 Sports in 2017

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Nashville Predators (4 - 2) to win the 2017 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat Atlanta Falcons (34 - 28) to win Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2017 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2017 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Sloane Stephens beat Madison Keys (6-3, 6-0) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 16, 2017 can be written as V-XVI-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 16, 2017
→ Day Index: 136th day of 2017
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,998,041 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 925 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 30 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 94 🌖
→ Life path number: 22
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2017: 7,550,262,101 Source: un.org

The 2017 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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