Did you know that October 17, 1978 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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If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Tuesday, 17
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 47th birthday on Friday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
Did you know that people born on October 17
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 492 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17040 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5680 days, which is equivalent to 15.56 years. You spent 33.83% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Saturday | 48 Years Old |
2027 | Sunday | 49 Years Old |
2028 | Tuesday | 50 Years Old |
2029 | Wednesday | 51 Years Old |
2030 | Thursday | 52 Years Old |
2031 | Friday | 53 Years Old |
2032 | Sunday | 54 Years Old |
2033 | Monday | 55 Years Old |
2034 | Tuesday | 56 Years Old |
2035 | Wednesday | 57 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on October 17
People 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 October 17
Year | Name |
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1768 | Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838) |
1779 | José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820) |
1779 | Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (d. 1808) |
1780 | Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850) |
1781 | Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (d. 1833) |
1784 | Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (d. 1854) |
1785 | Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (d. 1816) |
1792 | John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826) |
1797 | Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (d. 1841) |
1803 | Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (d. 1876) |
Did you know that on October 17
Year | Name |
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1552 | Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498) |
1575 | Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511) |
1586 | Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554) |
1587 | Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541) |
1616 | John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560) |
1660 | Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601) |
1673 | Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630) |
1690 | Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647) |
1757 | René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683) |
1776 | Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on October 17
Year | Event |
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1994 | Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. |
2000 | The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack. |
2001 | Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian. |
2003 | Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise. |
2004 | A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. |
2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa. |
2018 | A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others. |
2018 | The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. |
2019 | Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. |
2019 | The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon. |
In 1978, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 67,157 baby boys were named Michael in 1978. The rest were named Jason, Christopher, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1978 was Jennifer. There were 56,319 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. 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 1978 there were 4,304,533,599 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 358,711,134. This shows that there were 358,711,134 babies born every month in 1978. It can also be concluded that there are 11,957,038 babies born every day and 8,304 babies born every minute which is mean that 139 babies born every second in the year 1978. Maybe one of them is you.
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