Date:May 2, 1974

May 2, 1974

May 5, 1974 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Thursday, May 2, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 371,407,680 breaths and experienced over 2,122,329,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 450,995,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 5 months, and 7 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 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: 6,141 days of your life or 16.82 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles


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


♉ May 2 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 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 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 2nd

1943
Regina Carrol, American actress (Jessi's Girl)

1983
Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model (Miss Switzerland 2006)

1973
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter (The Lives of Others)

1960
Stephen Daldry, English film director (Billy Elliot; The Hours)

2000
Angel Sy, Filipina child actor

1946
David Suchet, British actor (Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Way We Live Now)

1932
Bruce Glover, American actor (Diamonds are Forever)

1935
Lance LeGault, American actor (The A-Team - "Col, Decker")


📜 Historical events on this date

1945
More than 1,000,000 German soldiers officially surrender to the Western Allies in Italy and Austria.

1945
World War II: Battle of Berlin ends as Soviet army takes Berlin and General Weidling surrenders.

1949
Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman".

1982
Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.

2008
Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 130,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

2011
Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.


🎄 Holidays on May 2

National Teacher Day
National Teacher Day, celebrated on the first Tuesday of the first full week of May, is a special day initiated by Eleanor Roosevelt to show appreciation for all the amazing teachers who have inspired and educated us.

National Teacher Appreciation Day
National Teacher Appreciation Day is a special day to say thank you to teachers for all their hard work and impact on our lives, celebrated on the second Tuesday of May.

National Foster Care Day
National Foster Care Day, celebrated on the first Tuesday of May, is a day dedicated to appreciating the important role of foster parents and the foster care system in providing safe homes for children who need them.


🏆 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 2, 1974 can be written as V-II-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 2, 1974
Day Index: 122nd day of 1974
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 1st Thursday of 1974
Next same calendar year: 2030
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 51 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 26,529,165 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,141 days
Months spent sleeping: 202 months
Years spent sleeping: 16.82 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 625 🌔
Life path number: 1
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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