January 17, 1979

This is an in-depth look at all the must-know facts about January 17, 1979 🗓️ that most people don't know. If your birthday is on this date, prepare to get your mind blown 🤯.

Among the information you’ll find below: western astrology zodiac sign & symbol meanings, your zodiac animal and its characteristics, numerology, as well as interesting things that happened when you were born – from most important world and sporting events to the most popular song on your birthday, #1 movie in theaters, your birthstone, celebrities who share your date of birth and much more!

We hope this page will help you understand yourself better. Let’s start.

📅 Day of Week

January 17th in 1979 was a Wednesday and was the 17th day of the 1st month of 1979 in the Georgian calendar. It was also the 48th day of Winter and there was 43 days left until Spring. The next time you can reuse 1979 calendar will be in 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

⭐️ 1st quarter of the year
⚡️ The 48th day of Winter
⏳ This date was 16,746 days ago
🪐 Zodiac sign for this date is Capricorn
🗓️ January 17, 1979 was a Wednesday
📆 In 2025, January 17 is on a Saturday

→ January 17, 1979 in Roman numerals: I XVII MCMLXXIX (mm dd yyyy)

🎉 My Birthday

You were born in the Winter of 1979 on a Wednesday. You are 45 years old, and according to the Chineze Zodiac, it was the Year of the Goat. You have been alive for . If you have been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth, then you have slept a total of 5,582 days or 15.29 years. This equals to about 33% of your life. There were 568 🌖 full moons after you were born up to this day.

You’ve been alive for:

 

⏱️ You are 24,114,450 minutes old
⏳ You have been alive: 401,907 hours
⭐️ You’ve been alive
🌌 Your birth sign is Capricorn
🐐 You were born in the Year of the Goat
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old

Being born in 1979 makes you a part of Generation X. There are six different generations: G.I. Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life.

Generation X, also known as 'Gen Bust' are born between 1965 and 1979. Gen-Xers are geeks and independent thinkers. Most influential Web sites of today such as Google, YouTube, and Amazon.com, were sprang from the minds of Gen-Xers.

Your birthday numbers are 1, 17 and 1979, which reveal that your Life Path number is 8. Your zodiac sign is Capricorn with a ruling planet Saturn. Your birthstone is the Garnet, and your birth flower is the Carnation.

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🎊🎈 Next Birthday

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⏰ FUN FACT: Your first billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 25, 2010.

🪐 What’s my zodiac sign?

There are 12 astrological signs, also known as signs of the zodiac, each with its own set of strengths, challenges, moods, patterns, relationships, and more. Your zodiac sign reflects the position of the sun when you were born and is the biggest influence on your life and personality in Astrology.

People who are born on January 17 in 1979 have an zodiac sign of Capricorn ♑. Capricorns are responsible, disciplined, and excel in management roles because of their ability to make plans and follow through with them.

According to Chinese Zodiac calendar, being born in 1979 means your zodiac animal is a Goat. The Chinese zodiac is based on a 12-year cycle, with each year in a cycle related to an animal sign. A zodiac system has existed in Chinese culture for more than 2,000 years ago. Much like zodiac signs, the Chinese zodiac animal has attributes and significance attached. The animal ruling a person birth year has a great influence on personality, and destiny.

People born in the year of the Goat enjoy being alone with their thoughts. They are creative thinkers and appreciate the arts. Though they're economic and cautious, they can also be indecisive.

This year (2024) is the year of the Dragon.

The ruling planet of Capricorn is Saturn. There are 10 major planets, each represent a different set of qualities and characteristics, and rule over a different part of our lives — each bringing with them their own unique vibes. Knowing the planets and their effects on your life is just as important as knowing your sign. They all affect us differently, and knowing the areas of life they govern is important to understanding your horoscope.

Saturn describes your ambition in life, your major life lessons, and your feelings of inadequacy. Saturn is about restrictions, limitations, boundaries, and safety. It's about hard work and getting what you deserve.

If Saturn was retrograde when you were born, you are responsible for your own success and failures, but if Saturn was stationary when you were born, you are more goal-oriented, disciplined, and determined to succeed.

🪐 Zodiac sign: Capricorn – ♑
🐐 Zodiac animal: Goat
🌌 Ruling Planet: Saturn ♄
🔥 Zodiac Element: Fire
→ Zodiac Quality: Mutable

🚶Life Path number

The Life Path number is similar to your zodiac sign. These numbers are used to offer insight into your greater purpose, including strengths, weaknesses, personality, talents, and ambitions. Your Life Path number also exposes the tone of your experiences, and why events occur past, present, and future.

If you were born on January 17, 1979, your Life Path number is 8. The Life Path 8 suggests that you entered this plane armed to lead, direct, organize and govern. You are very ambitious and goal-oriented. Eights place emphasis on career, business, finances and authority. You are spiritual, but maintain a practicality and realism to your spirituality. The values of eights are authority, material things, success, while the challenges are to learn when exerting control is helpful - and when you're better off letting someone else take over.

🎵 Your birthday song

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Le Freak" by Chic. (Billboard Hot 100 – January 17, 1979). Ask your parents if they remember this song.

According to a internet myth the song that was topping the charts on your 14th birthday is the one that defines your entire life. The #1 song on your 14th birthday was "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. On your 18th birthday the number one song was "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton, and on your 21st birthday it was "What A Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera.

🎁 Celebrity birthdays on this day

Below are famous people and celebrities born on January 17, 1979. We could not find a celebrity that shares a birthday with you. However, we update our database constantly, and invite you to check back later to see if we found someone with the same birthday..

🎄 Holidays on January 17

No major holidays found for this date.

🌎 The world on this day

Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was the president of the United States and the world population was approximately 4.38 billion, according to census.gov.

Generations can be hard to define. We tend to combine huge groups of people into arbitrary categories based on the decades in which they were born and the presumably shared set of cultural traits that shaped their lives and experiences.

The 1970s are famous for economic struggle, cultural change and technological innovation. Marginalized groups fought for equality, students protested the Vietnam war, and the digital revolution began. Here are few critical events that dominated the '70s: Elvis Presley died, original Star Wars movie premiered on May 25, 1977, VCRs were invented, Atari's Pong was released, and NASA launched the Apollo 13 mission. The first Earth Day took place in 1970 and the world’s population was only 3.7 billion people.

The 1970s were considered to be a golden age for vinyl records, Sony also introduced the Sony Walkman permanently changed the music game. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the computer software company Microsoft. The Watergate scandal happened, where President Richard Nixon’s resignation was the first time in US history that a president resigned from office.

There were an estimated 123,688,258 babies born throughout the world in 1979. In 1979, the most popular baby name was Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys, according to Social Security Administration.

The most popular movie in 1979 was Kramer vs. Kramer directed by Robert Benton starring Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander. Asteroids developed by Atari, Inc., was one of the most popular video games in 1979.

📜 Historical events on January 17th

Below are some of the most important events that happened on January 17, 1979.

Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S).
A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
Captain Robert Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting.
Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War.

🏆 Sports in 1979

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. In the 1979 Wimbledon Championships, Bjrn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner (6-7(4-7), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4) to win men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Chris Evert Lloyd (6-4, 6-4) to become Wimbledon women's singles champion. In the 1979 French Open (Roland-Garros), Bjrn Borg defeated Vctor Pecci (6-3, 6-1, 6-7(6-8), 6-4) to win men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Wendy Turnbull (6-2, 6-0) to become French Open women's singles champion. In the 1979 Australian Open, Guillermo Vilas defeated John Sadri (7-6(7-4), 6-3, 6-2) to win men's singles title. Barbara Jordan beat Sharon Walsh (6-3, 6-3) to become Australian Open women's singles champion.

💎 Birthstone

Birthstones are gems that are associated with a birth month, each stone has a unique meaning and significance.

The birthstone for January 17, 1979 is Garnet. Garnet is thought to keep the wearer safe during travel. The gem symbolizes protection. The birthstone for this year (2024) is Topaz and Citrine.

🌼 Birth flower

Everyone knows about their zodiac sign, but few people are familiar with their birth flower. In the same way that we have a unique birthstone associated with each month, every month has a birth flower that has its own special meaning.

The birth flower for January is Carnation. The meaning of carnations varies from colour to colour, but is generally accepted as ‘devotion’.

🍾 It’s my birthday quotes

'And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.' - Abraham Lincoln 👌 FUN FACT: How do you say 'Happy Birthday' in German? 'Alles Gute zum Geburtstag'.

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💬 Birthday messages

'Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.'

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It’s my birthday wishes

'For you on your birthday, I wish you a lifetime of happiness, a smaller amount of worries, and a boat load of big dreams coming true.'

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