Date:August 18, 1972

August 18, 1972

August 8, 1972 birthday facts

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


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You’ve taken nearly 385,882,560 breaths and experienced over 2,205,043,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 468,571,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 4 months, and 26 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: 6,380 days of your life or 17.48 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

2003
Max Charles, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man; The Neighbors)

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

1941
Christopher Jones, American actor (Wild in the Streets)

1987
Mika Boorem, American actress (Hearts in Atlantis)

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

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

1972
Shaun Wilson, Australian artist and filmmaker

1931
Grant Williams, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man)


📜 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

National Bad Poetry Day
National Bad Poetry Day, celebrated every August 18th, encourages everyone to have fun creating and sharing their own awkward and imperfect poems, reminding us that not all poetry has to be serious or perfect to be enjoyed.

National Men's Grooming Day
National Men's Grooming Day, celebrated every third Friday of August, encourages men to take extra care of their personal hygiene and grooming habits, reminding them that it's important to use the right products for their skin and hair, not just whatever's handy.

National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of ice cream pies, combining creamy ice cream with various crusts and flavors to create an over-the-top dessert.


🏆 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: 27,563,624 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,380 days
Months spent sleeping: 209 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.48 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 649 🌓
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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