January 17, 2024

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, January 17, 2024:

🕰️ Born into › Generation Alpha
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 How many days until my birthday

Countdown time to your next birthday:


🍿 Number one movie › Dune: Part Two
🎮 Number one video game › Helldivers II
🎵 Number one song › "Lovin On Me" by Jack Harlow

🐉 Chinese Zodiac › Dragon
☀️ Sun Sign › Capricorn
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄
🐼 Spirit Animal › Goose

🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Carnation
🪨 Birthstone › Garnet
📅 Lucky day › Saturday
Power Color › Grey

Gas price per gallon › $3.31
🔌 Electricity price per KWh › $0.17
🍞 Bread price per pound › $2.02
🍻 Alcohol price per 16oz › $1.77
🥛 Milk price per gallon › $3.83
🥚 Eggs price per dozen › $3
🍌 Bananas price per pound › $0.63

🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 8,118,835,999 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 196,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 3,011,040 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 14,169,600 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 20,664,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 2,479,680 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second will happen sometime on September 25, 2055.


What happened on my birthday

1773
Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S).

1873
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.

1912
Captain Robert Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.

1946
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting.

1991
Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War.


Famous people with my birthday

1975
Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor

1961
Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director

1956
Mitch Vogel, American actor (Jamie-Bonanza)

1981
Ray J. [William Ray Norwood Jr.], American singer and actor (Everything You Want)

1974
Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker and poet

1902
Geoffrey Lloyd, British politician and Governor of the BBC

1908
L. V. Prasad, Indian pioneering filmmaker

1947
Jane Elliot, American actress (Baby Boom, Gen Hospital, Knots Landing)


Holidays on Wednesday, January 17th

Ditch New Year's Resolution Day
Ditch New Year's Resolution Day, celebrated on January 17th, is a day when you can take a break from your New Year's goals, like eating healthy or exercising, and not feel guilty about enjoying some extra treats or screen time.

Cable Car Day
Cable Car Day, celebrated on January 17th, honors the invention of the cable car in 1871 by Andrew Smith Hallidie, inspired to help horses struggling on San Francisco's steep hills, leading to the unique and still-operating cable cars in the city today.

Benjamin Franklin Day
Benjamin Franklin Day, celebrated on January 17, honors the birth of a Founding Father who was a master of many trades, from inventing to politics, and is the face on the $100 bill.

National Hot Heads Chili Day
National Hot Heads Chili Day, celebrated on January 17th, is a day for chili enthusiasts and spice lovers to enjoy and compete in eating some of the world's hottest chilis, participate in cook-offs, and appreciate spicy cuisines from around the globe.

Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day is a day to promote healthy eating and exercise habits, ditching quick-fix diets that don't really work, and focusing on long-term health instead.