20 August 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Sunday, August 20, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 383,906,880 breaths and experienced over 2,193,753,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 466,172,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 1 month, and 20 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 6,348 days of your life or 17.39 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ August 20 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 11 ?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 20th

1943

Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor (Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who)

1967

Tori [Terri Poch], American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler

1984

Golan Yosef, Dutch actor and dancer

1948

John Noble, Australian actor (Dr. Walter Bishop-Fringe) and theatre director

1962

James Marsters, American actor (Spike-Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

1960

Elizabeth Alda, American actress (Beth-Four Seasons) and daughter of Alan Alda

1966

Colin Cunningham, American actor (Centigrade, Falling Skies)

1980

Corey Carrier, American actor (Young Indiana Jones)

📜 Historical events on this date

1597

1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East.

1619

1st known African Americans in English North America (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia. They are then sold or traded into servitude.

1741

Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition.

1866

President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over.

1905

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.

1968

During the night 200,000 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring.

1993

Oslo Peace Accords signed, after secret negotiations in Norway, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.

🎄 Holidays on August 20

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, celebrated on August 20th, is a fun holiday where we bake or eat this delicious dessert that combines the rich flavors of chocolate and pecans, ingredients enjoyed for thousands of years.

National Radio Day

National Radio Day, celebrated on August 20, is a day to appreciate how radio revolutionized communication by sharing news, music, and more, making the world feel more connected, even though we now often use the internet and TV for those purposes.

🏆 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 20, 1972 can be written as VIII-XX-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 20, 1972
→ Day Index: 233rd day of 1972
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,422,883 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,348 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 208 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.39 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 646 🌔
→ Life path number: 11
→ 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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