9 May 1971: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Sunday, May 9, 1971 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 393,624,000 breaths and experienced over 2,249,280,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 477,972,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 53 years, 5 months, and 13 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌕 The moon was in Full phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐖 Born in → The Year of the Pig

😴 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: 6,508 days of your life or 17.83 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Fiddler on the Roof

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 9 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 5 ?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 9th

1929

Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers)

1934

Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor (The Madness of King George, The History Boys)

1957

Tessa Peake-Jones, British television and film actress (Only Fools and Horses - "Raquel")

1953

Amy Hill, American comedian and actress (All-American Girl - "Grandma"; Magnum, PI - "Kumu")

1955

Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (Misfits of Science)

1979

Rosario Dawson, American actress

1982

Rachel Boston, American actress

1922

Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)

📜 Historical events on this date

1386

Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).

1865

President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.

1901

The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May.

1941

British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.

1945

World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.

1960

US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.

2018

Historic win in Malaysian general election by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, defeating Prime Minister Najib Razak and ending 61 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional coalition.

🎄 Holidays on May 9

🏆 Sports in 1971

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 3) to win the 1971 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys (16 - 13) to win Super Bowl V on January 17, 1971 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1971 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1971 US Open Championships, Stan Smith defeated Jan Kodeš (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(5-3)) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Rosemary Casals (6-4, 7-6) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 9, 1971 can be written as V-IX-MCMLXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 9, 1971
→ Day Index: 129th day of 1971
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 2nd Sunday of 1971
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 54 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 28,116,370 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,508 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 214 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.83 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 662 🌕
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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 1971: 3,775,790,900 Source: un.org

The 1971 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

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