April 26, 1973 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn cool facts about Thursday, April 26, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 375,661,440 breaths and experienced over 2,146,636,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 456,160,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, and 6 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 6,211 days of your life or 17.02 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ April 26 zodiac sign is Taurus ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 5 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Diamond ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for April is Sweet Pea/Daisy ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on April 26th

1940

Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer, and film score composer (Cat People; Top Gun)

1916

Vic Perrin, American radio and television actor (Dragnet), and screenwriter (Gunsmoke)

1958

Giancarlo Esposito, American actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)

1962

Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian (Mad TV)

1932

Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story)

1974

Adil Ray, English radio presenter (BBC Asian Network)

1956

Koo Stark [Kathleen Dee-Anne], American photographer and actress (Emily)

1984

Ryan O'Donohue, American actor (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)

📜 Historical events on this date

1478

Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici and kill Giuliano de'Medici in Florence.

1920

Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold "great debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

1945

Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason.

1956

First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

1986

World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe.

2005

Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.

🎄 Holidays on April 26

National Kids and Pets Day

National Kids and Pets Day, celebrated on April 26, is a special day to celebrate the friendship between kids and their pets, while also teaching how to pick the right pet and keep both pets and kids safe.

National No Makeup Day

National No Makeup Day, celebrated on April 26th, encourages women to not wear makeup for a day to celebrate and embrace their natural beauty.

Audubon Day

Audubon Day, celebrated on April 26, honors the birthday of John James Audubon, a famous bird artist and conservationist, and supports the efforts of the National Audubon Society in protecting birds and their habitats.

🏆 Sports in 1973

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 2) to win the 1973 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins (14 - 7) to win Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat New York Mets (4 - 3) to win the 1973 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1973 US Open Championships, John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 26, 1973 can be written as IV-XXVI-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 26, 1973
→ Day Index: 116th day of 1973
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,833,030 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,211 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 204 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.02 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 632 🌗
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1973: 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org

The 1973 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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