Date:August 26, 1972

August 26, 1972

August 8, 1972 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, August 26, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 380,640,960 breaths and experienced over 2,175,091,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 462,206,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 8 months, and 11 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 6,294 days of your life or 17.24 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 26 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 8 ?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 Mercury


🪨 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 → Wednesday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear


Celebrities born on August 26th

1952
Michael Jeter, American actor (The Fisher King)

1936
Francine York, American actress (Slattery's People)

1993
Keke Palmer, American actress (True Jackson, VP)

1949
Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist, writer and TV presenter

1965
Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler

1922
Irving R. Levine, American journalist (NBC News)

1950
Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 - "Hal Munson")

1977
Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actor and singer


📜 Historical events on this date

1346
Battle of Crecy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle.

1924
The Catastrophe of Smyrna: known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe to Greeks. The Ottoman army expels Greeks and other non-Turks from Asia Minor. (August 13 OS).

1945
Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WWII.

1959
British Motor Corporation introduced the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis it was only 10 ft long but seated 4 passengers.

1996
US President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in welfare policy.


🎄 Holidays on August 26

National Day of Repentance
National Day of Repentance in Papua New Guinea is a day when people come together to pray and ask for forgiveness for their wrongdoings, observed annually on August 26.

National WebMistress Day
National WebMistress Day, celebrated on August 26th, honors women who design and manage websites, encouraging more girls to explore careers in technology and STEM fields.

National Cherry Popsicle Day
National Cherry Popsicle Day, celebrated every August 26, is a fun holiday where everyone enjoys cherry-flavored popsicles to cool off and celebrate a favorite summer treat.


🏆 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 26, 1972 can be written as VIII-XXVI-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 26, 1972
Day Index: 239th day of 1972
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 4th Saturday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 52 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,188,754 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,294 days
Months spent sleeping: 207 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.24 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 640 🌖
Life path number: 8
Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Bear
Power Color: Brown
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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