22 August 1973: Top 25 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, August 22, 1973 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 8 months, and 4 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 373,161,600 breaths and experienced over 2,132,352,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 453,124,800 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 6,170 days of your life or 16.9 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Brother Louie" by Stories (source: Billboard Hot 100).

♌ August 22 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 5 ?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 22nd

1958

Colm Feore, American actor (The Chronicles of Riddick)

1968

Casper Christensen, Danish comedian (Hvaffor en hånd)

1945

James G Richardson, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra)

1951

Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin)

1970

Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and television host

1979

Brandon Quintin Adams, American actor (The People Under the Stairs)

1975

Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually)

1911

Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)

📜 Historical events on this date

1485

Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.

1639

Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

1642

Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament.

1864

First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".

1864

First Geneva Convention, governing the protection of victims in warfare, signed by 12 nations.

1945

Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.

🎄 Holidays on August 22

National Tooth Fairy Day

National Tooth Fairy Day, celebrated on August 22, is a fun holiday that encourages kids to enjoy the magic of losing their teeth and looking forward to a surprise from the Tooth Fairy in exchange for their lost tooth.

National Pecan Torte Day

National Pecan Torte Day, celebrated every August 22nd, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and honor a delicious dessert made mainly with pecans, a nut that's originally from the United States, and can include different yummy fillings.

National Rainbow Baby Day

National Rainbow Baby Day, celebrated on August 22, honors babies born after their parents have experienced a loss, symbolizing hope and healing like a rainbow after a storm.

National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day

National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day is a special day to remember to take care of our furry cat friends by making sure they have a check-up at the vet for their health.

Never Bean Better Day

Never Bean Better Day, celebrated on August 22nd, is a day to show love and appreciation for dogs, especially therapy dogs like Bean, who help improve people's lives in various settings.

🏆 Sports in 1973

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 2) to win the 1973 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins (14 - 7) to win Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat New York Mets (4 - 3) to win the 1973 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1973 US Open Championships, John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 22, 1973 can be written as VIII-XXII-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 22, 1973

→ Day Index: 234th day of 1973
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,655,006 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,170 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 203 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 16.9 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 627 🌗
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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 1973: 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org

The 1973 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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