20 May 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, May 20, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 385,822,080 breaths and experienced over 2,204,697,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 468,498,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 4 months, and 23 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter 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: 6,379 days of your life or 17.48 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 20 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 8 ?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 20th

1959

Bronson Pinchot, American actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)

1977

Angela Goethals, American actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)

1920

Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression)

1948

Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)

1969

Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler

1962

Sylvie Rauch, German nude model and actress

1913

Ion Dumitrescu, Romanian classical and film score composer (The Sun Rises)

1960

John Billingsley, American actor

📜 Historical events on this date

1498

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609

Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862

US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864

Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927

At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927

Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990

Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.

🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Streaming Day

National Streaming Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a day to appreciate how streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ have changed the way we watch TV shows and movies, encouraging us to kick back, relax, and binge-watch our favorites.

Culture Freedom Day

Culture Freedom Day, celebrated every third Saturday of May, is all about showing the world the importance of sharing art and creativity freely, without letting strict copyright rules stop everyone from enjoying and building on it.

National Learn to Swim Day

National Learn to Swim Day is a special day celebrated every third Saturday in May to encourage parents to teach their kids how to swim, aiming to prevent drowning by spreading awareness about water safety.

🏆 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.

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

🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1972
→ Day Index: 141st day of 1972
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,558,752 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,379 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 209 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.48 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 649 🌓
→ Life path number: 8
→ 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 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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