What are the important events that happened on April 17, 1972? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 17, 1972: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 17, 1972 is the 108^th day of the year 1972 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 4, 1972 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 72,316,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a Penny every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $175.34. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Rat is the mythical animal and Water is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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Who were born on April 17, 1972?

• 1972 –
  Claire Sweeney, English actress
• 1972 –
  Gary Bennett, American baseball player
• 1972 –
  Jarkko Wiss, Finnish Footballer
• 1972 –
  Jennifer Garner, American actress
• 1972 –
  Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1972 –
  Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 –
  Tony Boselli, American football player
• 1972 –
  Yuichi Nishimura, Japan referee football player

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