It was the 3rd Tuesday of 1973. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 8, 21 and 1973 reveal that your life path number is 4. 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 21, 1973 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 18,482 days ago
→ 1973 was the Year of the Ox
→ In 2024, August 21 is on Thursday

View snazzy August 21, 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 29, 2005.

→ You’ve slept 6,161 days or 16.88 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Ox
→ You have been alive 443,580 hours
→ You are 26,614,814 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old

You were born on a Tuesday

August 21, 1973 was the 3rd Tuesday of that year. It was also the 233rd 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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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 16.88 years of your life.
You’ve slept 202 month of your life.
You’ve slept 880 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,161 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 372,597,120 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,129,126,400 times. You have also blinked over 452,439,360 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Brother Louie" by Stories. (Billboard Hot 100 – August 21, 1973). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Who's That Girl" by Madonna (August 21, 1987).

Celebrities born on August 21, 1973

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What happened on August 21st

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 21 August 1973. Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).
The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.
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.
American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.
Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

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 4

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.