Date:August 21, 1972

August 21, 1972

August 8, 1972 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Monday, August 21, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 380,761,920 breaths and experienced over 2,175,782,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 462,353,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 8 months, and 17 days


📅 You were born on a Monday


🌔 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: 6,296 days of your life or 17.25 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 21 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 3 ?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 21st

1945
Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (The Hunt For Red October)

1962
Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor

1984
Eve Torres, American professional wrestler and actor (WWE)

1975
Alicia Witt, American actress (Cybill, Fun)

1965
Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler

1963
Melvin Douglas, American freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold 90kg 1993, silver 82kg 1989, bronze 90kg 1994, 96)

1969
Nathan Jones, Australian professional wrestler and actor

1943
Hugh Wilson, American screenwriter, film director The First Wives Club; Blast from the Past), and TV series creator (WKRP in Cincinnati; Frank's Place)


📜 Historical events on this date

1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).

1703
The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.

1772
King Gustav III of Sweden completes coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot - ends 50 years of parliamentary rule.

1888
American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.

1911
Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

1959
Hawaii becomes the 50th US state.

1991
Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.


🎄 Holidays on August 21

Internet Self-Care Day
Internet Self-Care Day, celebrated on August 21st, encourages everyone to use the internet to find ways to take better care of themselves, reminding us it's important to look after our own health and well-being too.

National Brazilian Blowout Day
National Brazilian Blowout Day, celebrated every year on August 21, is a day to appreciate a popular hair treatment that keeps your hair smooth and frizz-free all summer.

National Spumoni Day
National Spumoni Day, celebrated on August 21, honors a layered Italian ice cream made with fruits, nuts, and cream, traditionally sliced, not scooped, and now more popular in the US and Argentina than its birthplace, Naples.


🏆 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 21, 1972 can be written as VIII-XXI-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 21, 1972
Day Index: 234th day of 1972
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 52 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,197,372 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,296 days
Months spent sleeping: 207 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.25 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 640 🌔
Life path number: 3
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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