Did you know that July 17, 1976 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 203 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 50 years old. There have been 18059 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6020 days, which is equivalent to 16.49 years. You spent 33.65% of your life sleeping!
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| 2028 | Monday | 52 Years Old |
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| 2034 | Monday | 58 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 59 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on July 17

Not everyone is born on 17
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on July 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1487 | Ismail I of Iran (d. 1524) |
| 1499 | Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman (d. 1543) |
| 1531 | Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1574) |
| 1674 | Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748) |
| 1695 | Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766) |
| 1698 | Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759) |
| 1708 | Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769) |
| 1714 | Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762) |
| 1744 | Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814) |
| 1763 | John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848) |
Did you know that on July 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 521 | Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop |
| 855 | Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790) |
| 952 | Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913) |
| 961 | Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty |
| 1070 | Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030) |
| 1085 | Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer |
| 1119 | Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093) |
| 1210 | Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210) |
| 1304 | Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251) |
| 1399 | Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on July 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 180 | Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. |
| 1048 | Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later. |
| 1203 | The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile. |
| 1402 | Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China. |
| 1429 | Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc. |
| 1453 | Battle of Castillon: The last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony. |
| 1717 | King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered. |
| 1762 | Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered. |
| 1771 | Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit. |
| 1791 | Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people. |
In 1976, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 66,947 baby boys were named Michael in 1976. The rest were named Jason, Christopher, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1976 was Jennifer. There were 59,474 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Amy, Melissa, Heather and Angela. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1976 there were 4,154,666,827 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 346,222,236. This shows that there were 346,222,236 babies born every month in 1976. It can also be concluded that there are 11,540,742 babies born every day and 8,015 babies born every minute which is mean that 134 babies born every second in the year 1976. Maybe one of them is you.
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