7 May 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Thursday, May 7, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 328,305,600 breaths and experienced over 1,876,032,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 398,656,800 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, and 7 months

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster

😴 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: 5,428 days of your life or 14.87 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" by Sheena Easton (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 7 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 4 ?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 7th

1922

Darren McGavin [Richardson], American actor (Murphy Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story)

1933

Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress

1949

Stuart Marshall, British film director (Desire)

1924

Albert Band, American film director

1930

Horst Bienek, German writer and director (The First Polka)

1932

Hans Boskamp [Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hoelscher], Dutch actor and producer (Oh My Papa)

1972

Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director (The Salesman, A Separation)

1917

David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter)

📜 Historical events on this date

1429

English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army.

1912

Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer.

1915

RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost.

1939

Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

1945

World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims.

1952

The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.

2017

Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen.

🎄 Holidays on May 7

National Cosmopolitan Day

National Cosmopolitan Day, celebrated on May 7th, is a day to appreciate a popular pink drink from the '90s that became famous in New York clubs for its unique, tangy, and refreshing taste.

National Paste Up Day

National Paste-Up Day, celebrated on May 7th, is a day to remember and appreciate the old-school art of manually putting together newspapers and magazines with glue and paper before computers took over in the 1990s.

Pilates Day

Pilates Day, celebrated on the first Saturday of May, honors a unique exercise system called Pilates, which focuses on using your mind to control your muscles, emphasizing core strength, spinal alignment, and breath awareness, to improve overall health and fitness.

🏆 Sports in 1981

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 7, 1981 can be written as V-VII-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 7, 1981
→ Day Index: 127th day of 1981
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 1st Thursday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,451,409 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,428 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 178 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.87 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 552 🌒
→ Life path number: 4
→ 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 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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