Date:May 1, 1974

May 1, 1974

May 5, 1974 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, May 1, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 375,439,680 breaths and experienced over 2,145,369,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 455,891,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 11 months, and 25 days


📅 You were born on a Wednesday


🌔 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: 6,208 days of your life or 17.01 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk Railroad (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♉ May 1 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 9 ?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 Venus


🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver


Celebrities born on May 1st

1950
Dann Florek, American actor (Law & Order)

1985
Drew Sidora, American actress

1943
Joy Harmon, American actress (Cool Hand Luke)

1941
Barbara Barendrecht [BHM Wurfbain], actress (Dirty Picture)

1939
Ray Aranha, American actor (Nick-Married People)

1946
Bruce Robinson, actor (Story of Adele H)

1927
Roland Verhavert, Flemish screenwriter (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor)

1924
Art Fleming [Fazzin], American actor, and TV game show host (Jeopardy, 1964-75, 1978-79)


📜 Historical events on this date

1707
Acts of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

1753
Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

1841
First emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri, for California.

1886
US general strike for 8-hour working day begins.

1931
Empire State Building opens in New York City.


🎄 Holidays on May 1

National Purebred Dog Day
National Purebred Dog Day, celebrated on May 1st, honors the diversity, history, and roles of purebred dogs, from working alongside humans to being loving pets.

School Principals' Day
School Principals' Day, celebrated on May 1st, is a day to recognize and appreciate the hard work and dedication of principals in making our schools better places to learn.

CSS Reboot Day
CSS Reboot Day is like a global makeover day for websites, where people all over the world give their sites a fresh new look and clean up any mess, all at the same time, just for the fun and pride of it, without competing for any prizes.


🏆 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.

May 1, 1974 can be written as V-I-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 1, 1974
Day Index: 121st day of 1974
Day of week: Wednesday
Week Index: 1st Wednesday of 1974
Next same calendar year: 2030
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 51 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 26,817,194 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,208 days
Months spent sleeping: 204 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.01 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 631 🌔
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
Birth flower: Lily of the valley
Birthstone: Emerald
Spirit Animal: Beaver
Power Color: Green
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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