Date:January 20, 1972

January 20, 1972

January 1, 1972 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, January 20, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 388,684,800 breaths and experienced over 2,221,056,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 471,974,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 9 months, and 13 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 6,427 days of your life or 17.61 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "American Pie" by Don McLean (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♒ January 20 zodiac sign is Aquarius ?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 22 ?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 Uranus


🪨 Your birthstone is Garnet ?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 January is Carnation ?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 → Otter


Celebrities born on January 20th

1919
Stepan Lucky, Slovak film score composer

1934
Tom Baker, English actor (fourth Doctor in Doctor Who)

1969
Melissa Rivers, American TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News)

1937
Dorothy Provine, American actress (The Roaring 20's; That Darn Cat: Who's Minding The Mint?), and singer

1955
Wyatt Knight, American actor

1941
Pierre Lalonde, Canadian singer and television host

1963
James Denton, American actor

1971
Questlove [Ahmir Thompson], American drummer, producer bandleader (The Roots), and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Summer of Soul)


📜 Historical events on this date

1265
First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall.

1841
China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War.

1921
Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire.

1942
Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin to organise the "final solution", the extermination of Europe's Jews.

1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President.

1981
Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America.

2009
Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president.


🎄 Holidays on January 20

National Cheese Lover's Day
National Cheese Lover's Day, celebrated on January 20, is a day for everyone who loves cheese to enjoy and appreciate this delicious dairy product, which has been adored since its mysterious discovery over 7,000 years ago.

National DJ Day
National DJ Day, celebrated on January 20th, honors all disc jockeys, from wedding entertainers to radio hosts, thanks to Alan Freed, the 1950s DJ who coined "rock and roll."

National Penguin Day
National Penguin Day, celebrated on January 20th, is a day to appreciate the unique charm of penguins and raise awareness about their conservation due to threats like climate change.


🏆 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.

January 20, 1972 can be written as I-XX-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for January 20, 1972
Day Index: 20th day of 1972
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 53 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,763,855 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,427 days
Months spent sleeping: 211 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.61 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 654 🌒
Life path number: 22
Zodiac sign: Aquarius ♒
Zodiac ruling planet: Uranus
Birth flower: Carnation
Birthstone: Garnet
Spirit Animal: Otter
Power Color: Blue
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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