17th of April, 1974

Here are some facts about this particular date:

  • What Day: The 17th of April, 1974, fell on a Wednesday.
  • Born on this exact date: Victoria Beckham: Spice girls singer.
  • Decade: 1970s.
  • 45 years, 3 months and 3 days have passed since the 17th of April, 1974.
  • Week Number: This date occurred during Week 16 of 1974.
  • Day 107 of 1974.
  • Leap Year: 1974 was NOT a leap year.
  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Aries.
  • Zodiac Element: Fire.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1974 was the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
  • Native American Zodiac: The 17th of April, 1974 falls under the Falcon.
  • Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
  • Age: Anyone born on the 17th of April, 1974, will be 45 years of age.
  • American Format: 04-17-1974 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
  • YMD Format: 1974-04-17. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19740417" are easier to sort.
  • Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 135385200.

Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 17th of April, 1974:

  • United States: TSOP - MFSB
  • United Kingdom: Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks

US President

Who was the US President on this particular date?

  • Richard Nixon was the President of the United States on the 17th of April, 1974.

Conception Dates

Interesting facts about conception dates.

  • A baby that was born on the 17th of April, 1974 was probably conceived around the 8th of July, 1973. (Rough Estimate).
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on the 17th of April, 1974 is the 25th of January, 1975. (Rough Estimate).

Around This Time...

Things that happened during this general period of time...

  • 18th of March, 1974: OPEC nations end a 5-month-long embargo against Europe, Japan and the United States.
  • 29th of March, 1974: The Volkswagen Golf is launched in Germany.
  • 2nd of April, 1974: French president Georges Pompidou dies of cancer.
  • 3rd of April, 1974: Super Outbreak: 319 people are killed when a violent tornado outbreak occurs in central parts of the United States.
  • 6th of April, 1974: ABBA win the Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo.
  • 17th of May, 1974: 33 people are killed when the UVF detonate four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in Ireland.

On This Date

Historical events that have occurred on the 17th of April:

Television

TV shows that you might have been watching around this time.

  • Good Times - American sitcom about a family living in a poor, black neighborhood in inner-city Chicago.
  • Happy Days - TV show that is set in the 1950s / 1960s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Kojak - TV show about a bald New York detective.
  • Barnaby Jones - Television series about a Private Detective and his widowed daughter-in-law.
  • Last of the Summer Wine - British sitcom about three senior citizens in the Yorkshire Dales.
  • M*A*S*H - TV series about an American military medical unit during the Korean War.
  • Maude - Sitcom starring Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay. Spin-off of All in the Family.
  • Emergency! - TV series about a fire department in LA.

Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 17th of April:

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Videos

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Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about the 17th of April, 1974.

  • 16,529 days have passed since this date.
  • 1,428,105,600 seconds have passed since the 17th of April, 1974.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,666,123,200 times.
  • Since the 17th of April, 1974, earth has travelled approximately 736,902,489,600 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 238,017,600 times.
  • If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 122,817,082 steps. That's about 54,585 miles!
  • Since this date, 17,137,267 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

Translations

Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Wednesday" in other languages is:

  • German: Mittwoch.
  • French: Mercredi.
  • Italian: Mercoledi.
  • Spanish: Miercoles.
  • Portuguese: Quarta-feira.

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