Date:August 18, 1972

August 18, 1972

August 8, 1972 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Friday, August 18, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 389,067,840 breaths and experienced over 2,223,244,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 472,439,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 10 months, and 2 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat


😴 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: 6,433 days of your life or 17.62 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 18 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 9 ?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 Sun


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


Celebrities born on August 18th

1966
Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward)

1992
Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster)

1937
William George Rushton, English actor, author and cartoonist (TW3)

1961
John Viscardi, American actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)

1939
Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian

1944
Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move)

1987
Mika Boorem, American actress (Hearts in Atlantis)

1950
Candice Earley, American actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)


📜 Historical events on this date

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


🎄 Holidays on August 18

Never Give Up Day
Never Give Up Day, celebrated on August 18, is a day dedicated to motivating ourselves and others to keep pushing towards our goals, no matter the obstacles.

National Couple's Day
National Couples Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a special day dedicated to appreciating and honoring your significant other, celebrating love and partnership with romantic gestures and activities.

Serendipity Day
Serendipity Day, celebrated on August 18, is all about finding joy in the happy surprises life throws your way, encouraging everyone to notice and appreciate these unexpected moments of delight.


🏆 Sports in 1972

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

🏈 NFL
Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins (24 - 3) to win Super Bowl VI on January 16, 1972 in New Orleans, LA.

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

🎾 Tennis
In the 1972 US Open Championships, Ilie Nastase defeated Arthur Ashe (3-6, 6-3, 6-7(1-5), 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Kerry Melville Reid (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 18, 1972 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 1972
Day Index: 231st day of 1972
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 53 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,790,999 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,433 days
Months spent sleeping: 211 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.62 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 654 🌓
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 1972: 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org

The 1972 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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