Did you know that February 17, 2019 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 7th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 6th birthday on Monday. How was your 6th 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 February 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 85 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 7 years old. There have been 2472 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 824 days, which is equivalent to 2.26 years. You spent 37.67% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 7 Years Old |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 8 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 9 Years Old |
| 2029 | Saturday | 10 Years Old |
| 2030 | Sunday | 11 Years Old |
| 2031 | Monday | 12 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 13 Years Old |
| 2033 | Thursday | 14 Years Old |
| 2034 | Friday | 15 Years Old |
| 2035 | Saturday | 16 Years Old |

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

The birthstone for people born on February 17, 2019 is amethyst. In ancient times, it was known as the stone of Bacchus. It was thought to prevent drunkenness, and that wearing it during battle would keep soldiers clear-headed and sharp-witted.
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 February 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 624 | Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (d. 705) |
| 1028 | Al-Juwayni, Persian scholar and imam (d. 1085) |
| 1490 | Charles III, duke of Bourbon (d. 1527) |
| 1519 | Francis, French Grand Chamberlain (d. 1563) |
| 1524 | Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (d. 1574) |
| 1646 | Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) |
| 1653 | Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1713) |
| 1723 | Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (d. 1762) |
| 1740 | Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (d. 1799) |
| 1752 | Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (d. 1831) |
Did you know that on February 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Berry L. Cannon, American aquanaut (b. 1935) |
| 1970 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (b. 1900) |
| 1970 | Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |
| 1972 | Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935) |
| 1977 | Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922) |
| 1979 | William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1982 | Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901) |
| 1982 | Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922) |
| 1982 | Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917) |
| 1986 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1995 | The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN. |
| 1996 | In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. |
| 1996 | NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros. |
| 1996 | The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured. |
| 2006 | A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. |
| 2008 | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin. |
| 2015 | Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. |
| 2016 | Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. |
In 2019, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Liam is the most used. A total of 20,555 baby boys were named Liam in 2019. The rest were named Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. While the popular baby girl name in 2019 was Olivia. There were 18,508 baby girls named Olivia that year. While the rest were named Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. 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 2019 there were 7,713,468,205 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 642,789,018. This shows that there were 642,789,018 babies born every month in 2019. It can also be concluded that there are 21,426,301 babies born every day and 14,880 babies born every minute which is mean that 248 babies born every second in the year 2019. Maybe one of them is you.
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