It was the 4th Wednesday of 1972. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 24 and 1972 reveal that your life path number is 3. Your zodiac sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury, your birthstone is the Emerald, and your birth flower is the Lily of the valley. You are 51 old, and were born in 1970s, in the middle of Generation X. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ May 24, 1972 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Gemini
→ This date was 18,936 days ago
→ 1972 was the Year of the Rat
→ In 2024, May 24 is on Saturday

View snazzy May 24, 1972 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 52 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rat. Your birth sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 642 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 31, 2004.

→ You’ve slept 6,312 days or 17.29 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Rat
→ You have been alive 454,476 hours
→ You are 27,268,616 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

May 24, 1972 was the 4th Wednesday of that year. It was also the 145th day and 5th month of 1972 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1972 calendar will be in 2028. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 17.29 years of your life.
You’ve slept 207 month of your life.
You’ve slept 902 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,312 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 381,749,760 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,181,427,200 times. You have also blinked over 463,553,280 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Oh Girl" by Chi-Lites. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 24, 1972). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston (May 24, 1986).

Celebrities born on May 24, 1972

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What happened on May 24th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 24 May 1972. Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message.
German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive.
Section 28 passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality. Repealed 2001/2004.

Sports in 1972

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks (4 - 1) to win the 1972 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Boston Bruins defeated New York Rangers (4 - 2) to win the 1972 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

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MLB – Oakland Athletics beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 3) to win the 1972 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 3

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.