Date:May 5, 1972

May 5, 1972

May 5, 1972 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Friday, May 5, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 387,192,960 breaths and experienced over 2,212,531,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 470,162,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 6 months, and 30 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌗 The moon was in Last 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: 6,402 days of your life or 17.54 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 5 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 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 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 5th

1945
Kurtis "Kurt" Loder, American film critic, TV personality and columnist (Rolling Stone, New York, Time)

1979
Vincent Kartheiser, American actor (Mad Men)

1936
Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People)

1954
Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator

1959
Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor (Mark & Brian)

1961
Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler (NJPW) and politician (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

1957
Lisa Eilbacher, Saudi-American actress (Beverly Hills Cop)

1988
Brooke Hogan [Bollea], American pop singer (Undiscovered) and television personality


📜 Historical events on this date

1260
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

1941
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa.

1955
West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers.

1965
First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.

1980
Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building.

1981
After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision; 9 further hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.


🎄 Holidays on May 5

National Cartoonists Day
National Cartoonists Day, celebrated on May 5th, is a cool day to appreciate and learn about the artists who create your favorite comic strips and cartoons, marking the anniversary of the first comic strip published in a newspaper.

National Astronaut Day
National Astronaut Day, celebrated on May 5th, commemorates the day Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space, highlighting the incredible journeys and achievements of astronauts since then.

National Silence the Shame Day
National Silence the Shame Day, celebrated on May 5th since 2017, encourages us to talk openly about mental health and fight against the stigma, helping everyone feel less alone with their struggles.


🏆 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 5, 1972 can be written as V-V-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 5, 1972
Day Index: 126th day of 1972
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 1st Friday of 1972
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 53 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 27,657,721 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 6,402 days
Months spent sleeping: 210 months
Years spent sleeping: 17.54 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 651 🌗
Life path number: 11
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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