It was the 1st Tuesday of 1972. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 8, 1 and 1972 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Leo with a ruling planet Sun, your birthstone is the Peridot and Sardonyx, and your birth flower is the Gladiolus. You are 51 old, and were born in 1970s, in the middle of Generation X. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ August 1, 1972 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 18,868 days ago
→ 1972 was the Year of the Rat
→ In 2024, August 1 is on Friday

View must-know August 1, 1972 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 52 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rat. Your birth sign is Leo with a ruling planet Sun. There were precisely 640 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on April 9, 2004.

→ You’ve slept 6,289 days or 17.23 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Rat
→ You have been alive 452,832 hours
→ You are 27,169,974 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old

You were born on a Tuesday

August 1, 1972 was the 1st Tuesday of that year. It was also the 214th day and 8th month of 1972 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1972 calendar will be in 2028. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 52nd birthday will be on a Wednesday and a birthday after that will be on a Friday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 17.23 years of your life.
You’ve slept 206 month of your life.
You’ve slept 898 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,289 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 380,378,880 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,173,593,600 times. You have also blinked over 461,888,640 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan. (Billboard Hot 100 – August 1, 1972). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera (August 1, 1986).

Celebrities born on August 1, 1972

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What happened on August 1st

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 1 August 1972. Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
Results of the Domesday inquiry presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable).
Joseph Priestley, English theologian, chemist and author discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state.
Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire - Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect.
US atomic submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st transit of North Pole "operation Sunshine".

Sports in 1972

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks (4 - 1) to win the 1972 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Boston Bruins defeated New York Rangers (4 - 2) to win the 1972 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL –

MLB – Oakland Athletics beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 3) to win the 1972 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 1

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.