Did you know that March 17, 2017 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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Countdown to Your 9th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 8th birthday on Monday. How was your 8th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
Did you know that people born on March 17
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 154 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 9 years old. There have been 3133 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1045 days, which is equivalent to 2.86 years. You spent 35.75% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Tuesday | 9 Years Old |
2027 | Wednesday | 10 Years Old |
2028 | Friday | 11 Years Old |
2029 | Saturday | 12 Years Old |
2030 | Sunday | 13 Years Old |
2031 | Monday | 14 Years Old |
2032 | Wednesday | 15 Years Old |
2033 | Thursday | 16 Years Old |
2034 | Friday | 17 Years Old |
2035 | Saturday | 18 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on March 17
If you were born on March 17, 2017, your birthstone is aquamarine. This sea-colored stone has been believed to protect sailors and ensure safe voyages since ancient times. During the Middle Ages, many thought wearing aquamarine would keep them safe from poisoning. Roman tradition stated you could carve a frog into the gemstone to reconcile differences between enemies.
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 March 17
Year | Name |
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1891 | Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1962) |
1892 | Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (d. 1965) |
1892 | Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923) |
1894 | Paul Green, American playwright and academic (d. 1981) |
1895 | Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988) |
1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
1902 | Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971) |
1903 | Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (d. 1987) |
1904 | Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991) |
1905 | Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996) |
Did you know that on March 17
Year | Name |
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1997 | Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957) |
1999 | Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921) |
1999 | Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905) |
2001 | Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (b. 1920) |
2002 | Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911) |
2002 | Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908) |
2002 | Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917) |
2005 | Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912) |
2005 | George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904) |
2005 | Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on March 17
Year | Event |
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1960 | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. |
1963 | Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people. |
1966 | Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. |
1968 | As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. |
1969 | Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. |
1973 | The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. |
1979 | The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers. |
1985 | Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. |
1988 | A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. |
1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. |
In 2017, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Liam is the most used. A total of 18,824 baby boys were named Liam in 2017. The rest were named Noah, William, James and Logan. While the popular baby girl name in 2017 was Emma. There were 19,837 baby girls named Emma that year. While the rest were named Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. 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 2017 there were 7,547,858,900 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 628,988,242. This shows that there were 628,988,242 babies born every month in 2017. It can also be concluded that there are 20,966,275 babies born every day and 14,560 babies born every minute which is mean that 243 babies born every second in the year 2017. Maybe one of them is you.
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