Date:August 30, 1974

August 30, 1974

August 8, 1974 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Friday, August 30, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 368,988,480 breaths and experienced over 2,108,505,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 448,057,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 1 month, and 10 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger


😴 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: 6,101 days of your life or 16.72 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♍ August 30 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 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 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 30th

1948
Lewis Black, American stand-up comedian (Lewis Black's Root of All Evil)

1983
Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor

1941
Ben Jones, American politician and actor (The Dukes of Hazzard)

1936
Edward Pałłasz, Polish classical, theater, and film composer

1938
Steve Delaney, English newscaster (Monitor)

1966
Michael Michele, American actress (Nikki-Central Park West)

1977
Elden Henson, American actor (Daredevil)

1914
Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)


📜 Historical events on this date

1146
European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time.

1363
Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

1590
Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590).

1682
William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World.

1928
Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India.

1941
Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII.


🎄 Holidays on August 30

National Beach Day
National Beach Day, celebrated on August 30, is a fun holiday that encourages people to enjoy and protect our beautiful beaches by keeping them clean and safe.

National Toasted Marshmallow Day
National Toasted Marshmallow Day, celebrated on August 30, is a fun holiday where we toast marshmallows over a fire, marking the end of summer and honoring a treat that originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt.

Slinky Day
Slinky Day, celebrated on August 30th, honors the iconic spring toy invented in 1943 that became a hit for its mesmerizing ability to 'walk' down stairs and perform tricks, encouraging kids to play, create, and even untangle the occasionally knotty fun.


🏆 Sports in 1974

🏒 NHL
Philadelphia Flyers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1974 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings (24 - 7) to win Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB
Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 1) to win the 1974 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1974 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall (6-1, 6-0, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 30, 1974 can be written as VIII-XXX-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 30, 1974
Day Index: 242nd day of 1974
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 5th Friday of 1974
Next same calendar year: 2030
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 51 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 26,356,367 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,101 days
Months spent sleeping: 200 months
Years spent sleeping: 16.72 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 620 🌔
Life path number: 5
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 1974: 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org

The 1974 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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