This is a complete look at the essential facts regarding May 17, 1979, that no one tells you about. Prepare to have your mind blown if your birthday falls on this date.
Discover your astrological sign, governing planet, soul animal, and qualities. Learn about your numerology number and its properties, as well as your power color and lucky day. Read about noteworthy things and events that occurred when you were born. Everything from global and athletic events to the number one song on your birthday, the most popular movie of the year, your birthstone, celebs that share your birthday, and much more!
Learning about yourself gives you direction and depth. The path to self-improvement begins with a journey to discover oneself. Knowing your own objectives, interests, and ambitions is critical. By reading this page, we feel that you will have a better understanding of yourself.
📅 Day of the Week
What day of the week was May 17th, 1979: In the Georgian calendar, May 17th was the 137th day of 1979. It was the 5th month of the year and the 20th Thursday. This date was 16,550 days ago. It was also the 78th day of Spring, with 15 days left until Summer. In 2029, you will be able to re-use the 1979 calendar. The calendars will be identical in every way.
🗓️ 2nd quarter of the year
🗓️ May 17, 1979, was a Thursday
🗓️ There were 365 days in 1979 since it is not a leap year.
🗓️ May 17 will fall on a Sunday in 2024.
What is my age today?
You’re 45 old, born in the Year of the Goat 🐐. Your zodiac sign is Taurus ♉, and being born in 1979 makes you a part of the Generation X. Your zodiac sign and the generation you’re born into make a difference in your personality and life. We’ll explain everything further down.
You are part of Generation X, also known as "Gen X." They are sandwiched between the older boomers and the younger Millennials. Generation Xers were born amid a period of altering cultural ideals and were dubbed the "latchkey generation" as youngsters. In the 1990s, they were labeled as slackers, cynics, and disillusioned. This group begins in 1946 and ends about 1964, when the birth rate began to drop again.You’ve been alive for , and you are about . If you’ve been sleeping for 8 hours every day since birth, you’ve slept for 5,517 days or 181 months – almost 33% of your life! Up till today, there have been 561 🌖 full moons since you were born.
⏱️ You are old
With an average heart rate of 80 beats per minute, your heart beat 1,906,560,000 times. A human’s heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times throughout its lifetime. In addition, you took about 333,648,000 breaths since birth. A person resting breathing rate is between 12 and 16 breaths per minute.
🎂 Birthday
You were born on a Thursday in the Spring of 1979. Thur is taken from the Norse deity Thor, who you may recognize from the Marvel Avengers comic. People born on Thursdays do not necessarily resemble Chris Hemsworth, but they do share many of Thor's personality qualities. Thor, or Jupiter in Roman, is an upbeat, friendly, and generally entertaining god, which means Thursday's newborns get to be the stars of the party.
This signifies that your birth date has a numerology of 3. This date also reveals your lucky day is a Friday, and your power color is Green ⬤. Your numerology number makes a difference in your personality and life.
🐐 You were born in the Year of the Goat
⏳ You have been alive:
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⭐️ On your next birthday, you will be 46 years old.
🌌 Your birth sign is Taurus
A person blinks about 17 times each minute, so you have blinked about 405,144,000 times in a lifetime. Assuming you took 7,000 steps every day, you’ve walked approximately 2,780,400,000 steps.
Your 46th birthday is away; this year, it will be on a Saturday. The timer below counts down to your upcoming birthday.
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🌠 Did you know: You’ve also traveled more than 26,480,000,000 miles 🚀 through the Milky Way since Earth moves over 1.6 million miles every day.
What day of the week is May 17
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🔭 What is my zodiac sign?
You are a Taurus ♉. There are 12 zodiac signs, also known as astrological signs, each having its unique set of strengths, problems, emotions, patterns, connections, and other characteristics. In Astrology, your zodiac sign represents the sun’s location at the time of your birth and has the most significance on your life and personality.
Taurus' life goal is emotional and financial stability, as well as a hidden yearning for a secure, happy, and affluent life/marriage. People born under this sign enjoy gardening, cooking, music, romance, and manual labor, but they loathe rapid changes, complexities, and insecurity of any type. This sign's qualities include being dependable, patient, practical, committed, responsible, and steady, while its flaws include being obstinate, possessive, and unyielding. Scorpio and Cancer have the best overall compatibility with Taurus.🌌 Ruling Planet: Venus
🐐 Zodiac Animal Sign: Goat
〰️ Zodiac Quality: Mutable
🌎 Zodiac Element: Earth
Your ruling planet is Venus ♀. There are ten primary planets, each representing a particular set of features and characteristics and rules over a different aspect of our existence, each with its distinct feel. Just as with the zodiac sign, it’s vital to understand the planets and how they affect your life. They all have various effects on us, and knowing which aspects of our lives they rule is crucial to interpreting your horoscope.
Venus is the planet of love, charm, and wealth. People born with Venus as their governing planet are beautiful, charming, and sensuous.🌌 What is my Chinese Zodiac sign?
According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, being born in 1979 means your zodiac animal is a Goat 🐐. The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle, with each year cycle corresponding to a different animal sign. For more than 2,000 years, Chinese culture has had a zodiac system. The Chinese zodiac animal, like the zodiac signs, has characteristics and importance. The animal that rules a person’s birth year has a significant impact on their personality and fate.
People born in the year of the goat prefer to spend their time alone with their thoughts. They are creative minds who like the arts. They are economical and careful, yet they may also be indecisive. Women born in the goat year are dependable and attentive, while males are wonderful gentlemen. People born in the Year of the Ram are also unorganized and have too high of hopes for themselves.Dragon is the animal of the year for 2024.
🐺 What is my Spirit Animal?
Beaver is your Spirit Animal. Commitment, determination, inventiveness, and visionary leadership. The Beaver is a powerful family emblem.
🎶 Number 1 song on my birthday
The number one song on May 17, 1979, was – "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb
🔀 Popular birthday songs: Katy Perry's 'Birthday'.
✅ Fact: In the United States, the song “Happy Birthday” is in the public domain. Warner Chappell Music has claimed copyright in the past, however that claim was found to be invalid in 2015.
🔢 My Numerology number
We calculated your numerology number. If you were born on May 17, 1979, your numerology number is 3. Your numerology number is intended to provide information about your larger purpose, such as your strengths, weaknesses, personality, abilities, and objectives. The tone of your experiences, as well as why events occur in the past, present, and future, are revealed by your numerology number.
The Numerology of 3 means that you came into this plane with a strong sense of creativity and excellent communication abilities. Threes are natural-born salespeople, having plenty of charm and a natural flair for gab. Threes values include creativity, self-expression, and enjoyment, while obstacles include remaining positive-yet realistic-in the face of adversity.🎂 Famous birthdays on this day
Celebrities born on May 17, 1979, are listed below. You share a birthday with Ayda Field (tv actress).
🗺️ The world on May 17, 1979
Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was President of the United States, and the world population was around 4.38 billion people. In 1979, there were an estimated 123,688,258 infants born across the world. According to Social Security Administration, the most common baby names in 1979 were Jennifer for girls and Michael for males.
In 1979, the TIME Person of the Year was Ruhollah Khomeini. Khomeini led the Iranian Revolution in 1979, installing himself as the country's Supreme Leader.
Kramer vs. Kramer directed by Robert Benton and starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander was the most popular film of 1979. Asteroids developed by Atari, Inc., was one of the most popular video games in 1979.
🎅 Holidays on May 17
No major holidays found for this date.
📜 Historical events on this day
Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive.24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine.
Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.
Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
🏟️ Sporting events in 1979
⚽ The 1979 UEFA Champions League season was the 24th season of Europe's elite club football tournament. In the final, played in Munich, Nottingham Forest defeated Malmo FF 1 - 0.
🏏 India and West Indies faced off in the 1983 Cricket World Cup at Lord's in London, England. In the final, India defeated West Indies by 43 runs.
🏈 Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.
⚾ Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.
🏀 Seattle SuperSonics beat Washington Bullets (4 - 1) to win the 1979 NBA Finals.
🏒 Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.
🎾 In the 1979 US Open Tennis Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become US Open women's singles champion.
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🪨 What is my Birthstone?
The birthstone for May 17 is Emerald. The emerald is the only birthstone for May. The name is taken from the Greek word for green, "smaragdos." The color of the diamond can range from mild to a deep, rich green. The emerald is a mineral in the beryl family that has been prized since ancient times as a symbol of rebirth.
🌸 What is my Birth Flower?
According to BirthdayFact, the birth flower for May 17 is Lily of the valley. The floral meaning of lily of the valley is humility, chastity, sweetness, and purity, and it is thought to bring luck in love. It also represents "the return of happiness," which is why it is frequently used as a wedding adornment. Convallaria majalis, often known as lily of the valley, blooms in May.
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