It was the 5th Friday of 1974. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 31 and 1974 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 49 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 31, 1974 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Gemini
→ This date was 18,199 days ago
→ 1974 was the Year of the Tiger
→ In 2024, May 31 is on Saturday

View snazzy May 31, 1974 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 50 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Tiger. Your birth sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 617 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on February 6, 2006.

→ You’ve slept 6,066 days or 16.62 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Tiger
→ You have been alive 436,785 hours
→ You are 26,207,102 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 50 years old

You were born on a Friday

May 31, 1974 was the 5th Friday of that year. It was also the 151st day and 5th month of 1974 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1974 calendar will be in 2030. 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 16.62 years of your life.
You’ve slept 199 month of your life.
You’ve slept 867 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,066 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 366,891,840 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,096,524,800 times. You have also blinked over 445,511,520 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "The Streak" by Ray Stevens. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 31, 1974). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "One More Try" by George Michael (May 31, 1988).

Celebrities born on May 31, 1974

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What happened on May 31st

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 31 May 1974. Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pave the streets of London.
Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal.
Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645 in an inconclusive battle but strategic British victory. German fleet never puts to sea again in WWI.
7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people.

Sports in 1974

NBA – Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks (4 - 3) to win the 1974 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Philadelphia Flyers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1974 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

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MLB – Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 1) to win the 1974 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.