It was the 1st Wednesday of 1973. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 8, 1 and 1973 reveal that your life path number is 11. 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 50 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, 1973 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 18,502 days ago
→ 1973 was the Year of the Ox
→ In 2024, August 1 is on Friday

View interesting August 1, 1973 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 51 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Ox. Your birth sign is Leo with a ruling planet Sun. There were precisely 627 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on April 9, 2005.

→ You’ve slept 6,167 days or 16.9 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Ox
→ You have been alive 444,060 hours
→ You are 26,643,649 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

August 1, 1973 was the 1st Wednesday of that year. It was also the 213th day and 8th month of 1973 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1973 calendar will be in 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 51st birthday will be on a Thursday 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 16.9 years of your life.
You’ve slept 202 month of your life.
You’ve slept 881 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,167 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 373,000,320 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,131,430,400 times. You have also blinked over 452,928,960 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern. (Billboard Hot 100 – August 1, 1973). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Shakedown" by Bob Seger (August 1, 1987).

Celebrities born on August 1, 1973

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What happened on August 1st

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 1 August 1973. 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 1973

NBA – New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers (4 - 1) to win the 1973 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

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

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


Your life path number is 11

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.