What do cabbage patch dolls, your own self and your favorite bottle of beer have in common? Hmm…if you said “They all have a born-on date!” then your own self would also be correct! If you were born on July 17th of any year then follow along as we look at who shares your birthday as well as historical events and other facts specific to your own personal born on date!
General information about July 17th birthdays:
If you were born on July 17th of any standard year then you were born on the 198th day of the calendar year. If you happen to have been born during a leap year then you were born on the 199th day of that calendar year. If you are a U.S. citizen and your July 17th birthday occurred in 1993 or any year earlier, then you are legally able to obtain a valid state drivers license once you have met all educational requirements to do so. Any person born on July 17th of 1991 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase cigarettes or smoke in public and any person born on July 17th of 1988 or any year earlier is legally able to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages while living or traveling in the U.S.
If your birthday falls on July 17th of 1959 or any year earlier, then it means you have been conquering and exploring this world for a half a century or longer and are now allowed to start asking in the U.S. about senior discounts at a multitude of commercial businesses, events and services! Different companies set the eligibility age higher if their policy calls for it but age 50 is the lowest beginning age of eligibility in the U.S. A great site to check out senior discount deals at is listed below.
Astrological data for July 17th birthdays:
In accordance with Western Astrology, those born on July 17th are born under Cancer, the sign of the Crab which is of Water Element, of Fixed Quality and ruled planetarily by the silvery white Moon. The constellation of Cancer holds some well known stars or star clusters such as the Kwan Kei cluster (Bright Fire), Praesepe or Beehive Cluster(the manger) and Asellus Borealis(the northern donkey). Cancerian folk are often described as very intuitive, home loving and deeply sentimental though they do need the attention and social interaction through community situations or individuals that they feel comfortable with and that they feel understands them or they will quickly “clam up” and retreat into their Crab shell never to be enticed out again for fear of repeated hurt-whether real or imagined in nature. Most Cancerian souls love to take care and provide a safe home or environment for others and they are fabulous hosts with warm homes you are invited into or lost souls wandering and depressing to be around if those needs are somehow not available. They love to do anything inside or out that has to do with the home, and often there is a prominent water feature on or near their property. Cancerians are usually very cheery, loyal and resourceful but often times inside very insecure which can cause struggle in relationships because there natural protective Cancer tendencies allow it remain inside until it manifests as a point of no return break instead of open communication that could have easily fixed it prior. Cancer folk tend to be very creative in any field they choose and also are easily influenced by the mother/mother figure in their life(male or female) or by the lack of at a very deep level as well as tend to be very adept at mothering others-for better or for worse benefit wise of both parties. They keep everything and refuse to throw out even their old tennis shoes that they outgrew in high school unless of course for the benefit of another then without question. Cooking, music and water recreation are oft times hobbies and pursuits of those born under the sign of Cancer. If you wish to gain a greater understanding of Western Astrology (or Chinese Astrology dependent upon your birth year) visit this informative link courtesy of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_sign
Find your Cancer glyph at the bottom of the page when you are done to check out your Cancer specific traits. Famous fellow Cancerians include Robin Williams, John Quincy Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Princess Diana, Lindsay Lohan, Henry VIII, Meryl Streep, George Michael, Louis Armstrong, Prince William, Dalai Lama, David Spade, Cyndi Lauper, Helen Keller, Kris Kristofferson, Tobey Maguire, Rembrandt, James Cagney, Sly Stallone, Liv Tyler, Jerry Hall, Tom Cruise, George W. Bush, Jimmy Smits, Edward VIII-Duke of Windsor, Ringo Starr, Henry David Thoreau, Jack Dempsey, Sir Edmund Hillary, 50 Cent, Ingmar Bergman Anjelica Huston, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Carlos Santana, David Hasselhoff, Nelson Mandela, Giorgio Armani, Ross Perot, Georges Pompidou, and Linda Rondstat. Countries “born” under the sign of Cancer are the United States of America, Yugoslavia, Canada, Holland, Scotland and New Zealand. States “born” under the sign of Cancer are New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho.
If you are interested in current daily/weekly forecasts for the Cancer sign stop by the link below for each day of your astrological year!
http://www.bridgettwalther.com/daily.asp?sign=Gemini
Birthstone/Birth Flower specifics for July 17th birthdays:
The birthstone most commonly associated with your July 17th birthday is the glowing Ruby, root of which is found in Latinized “ruber” meaning “red”. Pearl and Moonstone are also less common stones for July births. It symbolizes courage, devotion, integrity, happiness and strength. The clarity of the ruby’s red color is reputed to energetically induce prosperity and enhance energy as well as to energetically effect and possibly lessen blood diseases and infections and for increasing metabolism and mind alertness. Rubies are found heavily in Asia Minor and Northern Africa but are also found in the South Eastern United States. The deep red ruby color accounts for the most popular of the precious gems desired but ironically the lighter a ruby’s “redness” is(some rare times even a translucent violet)-the higher the clarity of that particular stone, similar to sapphires and emeralds. The red of the ruby often was used in early Christianity to denote fire and today still signifies the powerful intercession of the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. The ruby’s hardness is second only to that of the diamond.
For those of you born on July 17th your birth flower is The Water Lily. Alternate and less common is The Blue Larkspur. Water lilies root deep in soil beneath a body of water but its full blooms float and open on the surface. There are two main groups of water lilies-tropical and hardy. A very temperamental flower, the lily is always “picky” about its surrounding climate with some varieties preferring the cool northern latitudes of Alaska and Canada, blooming only during the day while the more well known ones indigenous to warm tropical climates-this variety blooms both day and night and is fully fragrant. The Water Lily seed has an amazing fertility range with seeds remaining plantable and viable, surviving for up to 2000 years. The Larkspur is a clustering blue garden flower, gathered in a long fat dolphin shaped shaft upon its lengthy stem. Called Lark’s Heel by Shakespeare the clusters draw butterflies and bumble bees when in bloom like magnets. It is a beautiful flower for arrangements and grows throughout Northern America but is also toxic to farm animals when ingested in very large amounts (as with free grazing) so no tossing it on anyone’s salad even though it would take a truckload to make a human even sick-just look and enjoy its beauty! Unique fact: though it is toxic on a level-it also is/was used in many cultures to counteract the poison of a scorpion sting allowing the victim to escape the local muscular paralysis that accompanied the sting. The Larkspur symbolically means from Roman times an open heart and ardent attachment.
http://www.birthstones.org.uk/index.htm
Important historical events which have occurred on July 17th:
180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
561 – John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I
855 – St Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1054 – Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king
1429 – Dauphin crowned king of France
1585 – English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
1603 – Sir Walter Ralegh arrested
1712 – England, Portugal & France sign ceasefire [or 19th]
1740 – Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV
1762 – Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.
1774 – Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)
1775 – 1st military hospital approved
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 as many as 50 people.
1794 – Richard Allen organizes Phila’s Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
1821 – Spain cedes Florida to US
1841 – British humor magazine “Punch” 1st published
1850 – Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
1856 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurs in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania killing over 60 people(46 children on Sunday School excursion).
1861 – Congress authorizes paper money
1867 – 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established
1879 – 1st railroad opens in Hawaii
1890 – Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony
1893 – Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
1897 – 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon
1917 – British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
1918-Russian Royal Family massacred some say by Rasputin’s involvement whom the Tzarina entrusted their youngest son’s medical care
1929 – USSR drops diplomatic relations with China
1933 – After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
1938 – Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland
1944 – 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322
1944 – Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
1945 – Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting
1948 – Israeli army captures Nazareth
1948 – Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea
1954 – Construction begins on Disneyland. . .
1954 – Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany
1955 – Arco Idaho becomes 1st US city lit by nuclear power
1955 – Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.
1958 – King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation
1959 – Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)
1959 – Tibet abolishes serfdom
1961 – John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show
1962 – Senate rejects medicare for aged
1966 – Pioneer 7 launched
1967 – Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
1968 – Beatle’s animated film “Yellow Submarine” premieres in London
1968 – Revolt in Iraq
1970 – 30,000 attend Randall’s Island Rock Festival, NYC
1972 – 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
1973 – Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees
1974 – 1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues
1974 – Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
1974 – John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days
1975 – Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space
1976 – 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
1978 – NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 – Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
1980 – Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
1980 – Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
1981 – Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
1981 – Lobby Walkways at KC’s Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured
1983 – 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
1983 – 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Phila Stars 24-22)
1984 – Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
1987 – “Les Miserables,” opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
1987 – 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
1987 – Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
1987 – Iran & France breaks diplomatic relations
1988 – 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela’s 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 – Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1988 – Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman’s record (10.49)
1989 – 1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber
1989 – Paul McCartney releases “This One”
1989 – Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances
1990 – Hussein’s Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
1990 – PLO-leader Yasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
1994 – 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1994 – French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
1994 – Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
1995 – Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
1996 – TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1997 – STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
1998 – Russia buries tsar Nicholas II & family, 80 years after they died
2005 – Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
Famous passings on July 17th:
924 – King Edward the Elder of England
1025 – Boleslaw I Chobry, [the brave], duke/king of Poland, dies
1571 – Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
1762 – Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
1790 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
1794 – John Roebuck, British inventor (b. 1718)
1879 – Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian painter (b. 1856)
1881 – Jim Bridger, American mountain man, Indian fighter, and explorer (b. 1804)
1887 – Dorothea Dix, french social activist (b. 1802)
1918 – Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II, executed at 13
1918 – Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46
1918 – Anastasia N Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicholas, executed at 17
1918 – Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50
1918 – Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1918 – Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death
1922 – Heinrich Rubens, German physicist, dies at 57
1935 – George William Russell, Irish nationalist, poet and artist (b. 1867)
1950 – Evangeline Booth, the 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
1953 – Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65
1959 – Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44
1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
1959 – Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies
1961 – Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
1965 – Luiz Cosme, composer, dies at 57
1967 – John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40
1975 – Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal)
1975 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893)
1987 – Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
1993 – Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
1993 – Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
1996 – Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85
1996 – Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57
1996 – Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95
2003 – David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2003 – Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)
2005 – Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (b. 1913)
2005 – Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005 – Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (b. 1924)
2005 – Joe Vialls, Australian writer (b. 1944)
2006 – Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)
2006 – Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
2007 – Júlio Redecker, Brazilian Politician (b. 1956)
2008 – Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
Famous Births on July 17th:
1487 – Esma’il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi’ah
1763 – John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader
1797 – Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
1827 – Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)
1875 – Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876 – Rosa Jackson Lumpkin, Georgia, lived to be 115 (died in 1991)
1888 – Shmuel Agnon, Israel, novelist (Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966)
1889 – Erle Stanley Gardner, US detective writer (Perry Mason)
1898 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)
1900 – James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), hold that grapefruit
1901 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (d. 1938)
1902 – Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children)
1912 – Art Linkletter, Saskatchewan Canada, TV host (People are Funny)
1913 – Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
1913 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
1914 – Lucille Benson, Scottsboro Ala, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies)
1915 – Cass Daley, Philadelphia PA, actress (Red Garters)
1915 – Dorothy Poynton-Hill, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1932)
1917 – Phyllis Diller, Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number)
1917 – Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980)
1918 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
1920 – Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (d. 2005)
1923 – John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000)
1929 – Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
1932 – Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials)
1932 – Wojciech Kilar, composer
1933 – Bruce Wells, British boxer & actor
1934 – Donald Sutherland, St John NB, actor (M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers)
1934 – Pat McCormick, comedian (Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show)
1934 – Rainer Kisch, writer
1935 – Diahann Carroll, Bronx, actress (Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty)
1935 – P D Q Bach, [Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
1937 – Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, writer
1938 – Stan Bronstein, rocker
1939 – Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
1939 – Warwick Hutton, artist
1942 – Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA (Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968)
1945 – Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1947 – Camilla Parker Bowles (Duchess of Cornwall), London England, wife of Prince Charles
1947 – Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1948 – Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1948 – Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1948 – Phillip Harris, rocker
1949 – Bill Ward, rocker
1949 – Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
1949 – Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
1949 – Terry “Geezer” Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)
1951 – Lucie Arnaz, LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here’s Lucy, Jazz Singer)
1952 – Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
1952 – David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch)
1952 – Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
1952 – Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from “It’s a Different World”)
1952 – Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)
1954 – Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
1954 – J. Michael Straczynski, American author
1955 – Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
1957 – Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
1958 – Belinda Carlisle, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Go-Go’s-Vacation)
1958 – Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
1959 – Janet Lynn Kavandi, Springfield Mo, PhD/astronaut (sk:STS 91)
1960 – Robin Shou, martial arts actor (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja)
1961 – Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
1962 – Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
1962 – Bill Sage, American actor
1963 – Denise Miller, Bkln NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker’s Place)
1963 – Letsie III, King of Lesotho
1963 – John Ventimiglia, American actor
1964 – Heather Langenkamp, actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
1965 – Alex Winter, London England, actor -Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Hey there ‘Toon Boy-owe your good soul a beer one of these days 😉
1965 – Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
1967 – Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1967 – Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
1968 – Bitty Schram, American actress
1969 – Tommy Soderstrom, Stockholm SWE, NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders)
1971 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1973 – Horacio Llamas, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1974 – Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
1975 – Gino D’Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
1975 – Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975 – Cécile de France, Belgian actress
1975 – Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1975 – Terence Tao, Australian-Chinese mathematician
1976 – Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
1976 – Eric Winter, American actor
1976 – Matthew Holmes, Australian actor
1977 – Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
1977 – Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
1978 – Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 – Émilie Simon, French singer
1978 – Katharine Towne, American actress
1979 – Mike Vogel, American actor
1982 – Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
1983 – Brooke Kinsella, British actress
1983 – Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
1983 – Sarah Jones, American actress
1983 – Adam Lind, American baseball player
1984 – Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
1984 – Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume)
1989 – Josie Lopez, American actress
1998 – Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
Holidays/Observances for July 17th:
Catholics around the globe celebrate annually in July during the month long observance honoring Most Precious Blood of Jesus. July 17th is also the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Alexius, a 5th century Roman confessor. It is Constitution Day annually in South Korea and July 17th is globally recognized and awareness marked on World Day for International Justice.
Hope this look at what makes your birthday of July 17th special and historically unique has been informative-perhaps even that cabbage patch doll stored in a box in your attic from two decades(or three) ago would enjoy checking their “born on” date out too! Feel free to click on any of the resource links for additional specifics and extra info about any of the categories we looked into above that are relative to your July 17th celebration of birth. Oh…and by the way-have a happy birthday!
Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/jul.php
http://www.history.com/
http://www.timeanddate.com/
http://www.historyorb.com/today/
