Today is the 217th day of the year. 10 things you might not know about the number 217:
217 Eudora is a large Main belt Asteroid. It was discovered by J. Coggia on August 30, 1880, in Marseilles, France. It was his fourth asteroid discovery and is named after Eudora, a Hyad in Greek mythology.
Area code 217 is the telephone area code for Central Illinois, United States, and covers Springfield, Champaign, and Decatur.
217 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the RAF. In World War I it served in a strike role against enemy bases and airfields in Belgium. In World War II it was part of RAF Coastal Command. It served first in a maritime patrol role along the Western Approaches and later in an anti-shipping role in the English Channel.
Biunseptium (Bus), is a theoretical nuclear chemical element with 217 protons.
The A217 is a road in London and Surrey in England. It runs from Kings Road in Fulham, London, crosses the Thames at Wandsworth Bridge, the M25 motorway at Junction 8, and terminates at the road network at Gatwick Airport's northern perimeter.
Penal code 217 means Assault with intent to murder.
In London the 217 bus runs between Waltham Cross Bus Station and Turnpike Lane Bus Station.
The 217th Pope was Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, who was head of the Catholic Church from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
The year 217 was a common year starting on a Wednesday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Praesens and Extricatus. In this year, The Colosseum was badly damaged by fire caused by lightning, which destroyed the wooden upper levels of the amphitheatre.
In numerology 217 resonates with going it alone. The person influenced by it prefers to work alone but does enjoy company, occasionally, to share and discuss experiences with. A house or company or geographical area with number 217 as part of its name or address is permeated with energy resonating with independent initiative.
Character birthday
Elaine McPherson, formerly Reynard. As a student in France fell in love with a waiter named Jean Paul Reynard. She became pregnant and married him, but found life living with her mother in law in a small French village stifling. Her son, Basil, was born with a tail. She couldn’t afford to pay to have it removed. Her marriage ended after a few years and she returned to the UK with Basil and set in motion a plan to have Basil’s tail removed by the NHS. Basil, however, didn’t want to lose his tail and ran away. After a few months the police declared the child must be dead and called off the search. In due course Elaine married again. Her second husband was Davey McPherson, a newspaper owner. She appears in From a Jack to A King.
From A Jack To A King
A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.
A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.
Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.
Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.
When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.
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