17 November 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Friday, November 17, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 383,584,320 breaths and experienced over 2,191,910,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 465,780,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 1 month, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 6,342 days of your life or 17.38 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♏ November 17 zodiac sign is Scorpio ?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 Pluto ♇

🪨 Your birthstone is Topaz and Citrine ?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 November is Chrysanthemum ?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 → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Snake

⭐ Celebrities born on November 17th

1980

Brad Bradley, American professional wrestler

1974

Abbygale Williamson Arenas, Miss Universe-Photogenic (Phil, 1997)

1967

Sheila Lussier, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur)

1936

John Wells, English actor (Casino Royale; The Bobo), screenwriter, screenwriter, and satirist (That Was the Week That Was)

1940

William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat - "PC Alf Ventress")

1965

Amanda Brown, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens, 1986-89) and film composer (Brazen Hussies)

1994

Raquel Castro, American actress

1930

David Amram, American classical, jazz, folk, and film score composer (Shakespeare in the Park; Splendor in the Grass; The Manchurian Candidate), musician, conductor, and educator

📜 Historical events on this date

1558

Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen "Bloody" Mary.

1800

Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building.

1831

Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia.

1855

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.

1869

Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas.

1922

The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship.

1970

Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.

🎄 Holidays on November 17

National Unfriend Day

National Unfriend Day, celebrated on November 17th, is a humorous holiday created by television host Jimmy Kimmel in 2010, encouraging people to review and reduce their social media friends list to eliminate unnecessary or superficial connections.

Use Less Stuff Day

Use Less Stuff Day, happening on November 17 this year, is a day to think about cutting down on the extra stuff we buy or keep, aiming for a simpler life especially when shopping season is at its peak.

Great American Smokeout

The Great American Smokeout is an annual event organized by the American Cancer Society, encouraging smokers across the United States to quit smoking or make a plan to quit, emphasizing the health benefits of giving up tobacco.

🏆 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.

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

🔦 Facts Summary for November 17, 1972
→ Day Index: 322nd day of 1972
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,399,473 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,342 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 208 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.38 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 645 🌔
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Scorpio ♏
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Pluto
→ Birth flower: Chrysanthemum
→ Birthstone: Topaz and Citrine
→ Spirit Animal: Snake
→ Power Color: Black
→ 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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