Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, October 17, 1971:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Fiddler on the Roof
🎮 Number one video game › The Oregon Trail
🎵 Number one song › "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart
🐖 Chinese Zodiac › Pig
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,775,790,900 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,841,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 471,876,480 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,220,595,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,238,368,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 388,604,160 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 25, 2003.
What happened on my birthday
733
Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel's Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi halting Islamic influence (date disputed).
1854
French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War.
1907
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1943
Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army.
1973
OPEC oil ministers use oil as an economic weapon in the Arab-Israeli War, mandating a cut in exports and recommending an embargo against unfriendly states.
2017
Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting.
Famous people with my birthday
1946
Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap")
1944
Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
1965
Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family)
1961
John Okafor, Nigerian Nollywood actor and comedian
1948
George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers)
1969
Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
1950
Howard Rollins, American actor (Bannister-Wildside, Ed Harding-Another World)
1937
Paxton Whitehead, English stage and screen actor (Back to School, Mad About You - "Hal")
Holidays on Sunday, October 17th
National Pay Back a Friend Day
National Pay Back a Friend Day on October 17 encourages you to settle any money you owe your friends to fix and strengthen your friendships, inspired by a study showing how unpaid loans can ruin friendships.
National Pasta Day
National Pasta Day, celebrated every October 17, is a fun day to enjoy and honor the delicious and diverse Italian dish that has become a favorite meal in many American households.
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, celebrated every third Monday of October, is a day dedicated to tidying up our computer desktops to keep them organized and running smoothly, inspired by the Personal Computer Museum in Ontario, Canada.
National Mulligan Day
National Mulligan Day, celebrated on October 17, is all about getting a second chance to fix a mistake, originally from golf, but really it's for any part of life where you wish you could have a do-over.
Black Poetry Day
Black Poetry Day, celebrated every October 17th, honors African American poets and their powerful contributions to literature, showcasing the black experience through words, and marks the birth of Jupiter Hammon, the first published black poet in the U.S.
