October 17, 1988

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, October 17, 1988:

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

Countdown time to your next birthday:


🍿 Number one movie › Rain Man
🎮 Number one video game › Super Mario Bros. 3
🎵 Number one song › "Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins

🐉 Chinese Zodiac › Dragon
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven

🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday
Power Color › Pink

Gas price per gallon › $0.9

🍞 Bread price per pound › $0.61

🥛 Milk price per gallon › $2.3
🥚 Eggs price per dozen › $0.79
🍌 Bananas price per pound › $0.42

🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 20,763,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 317,676,960 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,494,950,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,180,136,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 261,616,320 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 25, 2020.


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

1922
Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive

1949
Bill Hudson, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)

1946
Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap")

1921
Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart - "George Utley"; Mork & Mindy - "Franklin Bickley"; The Bob Newhart Show; The Steve Allen Show)

1948
George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers)

1984
Chris Lowell, American actor

1944
Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)

1964
David Cromer, American theatre director and actor (The Band's Visit)


Holidays on Monday, October 17th

British Food Fortnight
British Food Fortnight is a fun, two-week event celebrating traditional British cuisine and promoting healthy eating, taking place across the UK in schools, restaurants, and homes.

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.

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.

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.

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