22 May 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, May 22, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 383,402,880 breaths and experienced over 2,190,873,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 465,560,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, and 25 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 6,339 days of your life or 17.37 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♊ May 22 zodiac sign is Gemini ?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 11 ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Deer

⭐ Celebrities born on May 22nd

1967

Brooke Smith, American actress (Grey's Anatomy - Dr. Erica Hahn)

1982

John Bobek, American actor

1972

Alison Eastwood, daughter of actor Clint/actress (Tightrope)

1981

Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler

1956

Douglas Heyes Jr., American actor (Captains & Kings, Aspen)

1973

Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor ("Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes"; "Riders of Justice")

1979

Maggie Q [Margaret Quigley], American actress (Mission Impossible III, Nikita)

1941

Paul Winfield, American actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)

📜 Historical events on this date

1570

1st atlas'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps.

1843

1st wagon train with 700 - 1000 migrants, departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon.

1939

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" in Berlin, Germany.

1946

First US rocket (WAC Corporal) to reach edge of space fired from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico.

2014

Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932.

🎄 Holidays on May 22

Buy A Musical Instrument Day

Buy A Musical Instrument Day, celebrated on May 22nd, encourages you to visit a music store and get a new instrument to start creating your own music.

National Craft Distillery Day

National Craft Distillery Day, celebrated every May 22, is all about appreciating the unique and creative alcoholic drinks made by small, independent companies.

National Vanilla Pudding Day

National Vanilla Pudding Day, celebrated on May 22, is a fun holiday where everyone is encouraged to indulge in the sweet and creamy taste of vanilla pudding, putting aside their diet worries for a day.

🏆 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.

May 22, 1973 can be written as V-XXII-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 22, 1973
→ Day Index: 142nd day of 1973
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 4th Tuesday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,386,876 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,339 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 208 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.37 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 645 🌖
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Gemini ♊
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Deer
→ Power Color: Yellow
→ 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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