9 August 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, August 9, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 376,871,040 breaths and experienced over 2,153,548,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 457,629,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 2 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 6,231 days of your life or 17.07 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ August 9 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 1 ?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 9th

1935

Beverlee McKinsey (née Magruder), American actress (Another World, 1972-80 - "Iris Carrington"; Guiding Light, 1984-92 - "Alexandra Spaulding")

1995

Justice Smith, American actor (Pokémon Detective Pikachu)

1942

David Steinberg, Canadian comedian and director (End)

1964

Hoda Kotb, American television news anchor (Dateline NBC)

1990

Adelaide Kane, Australian actress (Reign)

1966

Pat Petersen, American actor (Michael-Knots Landing)

1974

Nicola Stapleton, English actress (Eastenders)

1991

Alexa Bliss [Alexis Cabrera], American professional wrestler (WWE)

📜 Historical events on this date

378

Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens.

1790

Robert Gray's Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe.

1898

Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.

1942

Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress.

1945

US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki.

1965

Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence.

1974

Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President.

🎄 Holidays on August 9

National Book Lovers Day

National Book Lovers Day, celebrated on August 9th, is a day to put away your phone, pick up a book (or listen to an audiobook), and dive into the joy of reading, celebrating how books have shaped history and made knowledge accessible to everyone.

National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day

National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day is a day to thank and recognize the dedicated workers who support and care for people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities, celebrated on the third Wednesday of August each year.

National Veep Day

National Veep Day, celebrated on August 9, honors the role of U.S. vice presidents and the importance of presidential succession, inspired by the historical event in the 1970s when Gerald Ford became president without being previously elected, after Nixon's resignation.

🏆 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 9, 1973 can be written as VIII-IX-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 9, 1973
→ Day Index: 221st day of 1973
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 2nd Thursday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,920,513 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,231 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 205 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.07 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 634 🌔
→ Life path number: 1
→ 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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