Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, April 9, 1997:
Born into › Millennials Generation Next birthday will be on › Thursday How many days until my birthday ›
2 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
11 months
28 days
3 hours
16 minutes
Number one movie › Titanic Number one video game › Final Fantasy VII Number one song › "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy
Chinese Zodiac › Ox Sun Sign › Aries Zodiac Element › Fire Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Mars Spirit Animal › Hawk
Life Path Number › 3 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy Birthstone › Diamond Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
Gas price per gallon › $1.23
Bread price per pound › $0.87 Alcohol price per 16oz › $0.84 Milk price per gallon › $2.61 Eggs price per dozen › $1.06 Bananas price per pound › $0.46
President of United States › World population › 5,910,566,295 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 16,358,400,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 250,283,520 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,177,804,800 times. You have taken about 1,717,632,000 steps. You have taken approximately 206,115,840 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second will happen sometime on December 16, 2028.
What happened on my birthday
1483
Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower").
1731
British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain.
1768
John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
1865
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War).
1869
Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.
1992
John Major elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history.
2003
Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.
Famous people with my birthday
1975
David Gordon Green, American filmmaker (George Washington)
1933
Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars)
1935
Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials)
1979
Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth)
1985
Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer and actor
1984
Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer
1971
Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
1939
Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse)
Holidays on Wednesday, April 9th
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day, celebrated on April 9, is a day to enjoy crunchy, almond-flavored cookies that are believed to bring good luck, often made with special designs and traditionally associated with Chinese New Year.
National Gin and Tonic Day
National Gin and Tonic Day, celebrated every April 9th, is a day to appreciate the iconic drink combination of gin and tonic water, much like how we enjoy other perfect pairings like peanut butter and jelly.
National Name Yourself Day
National Name Yourself Day, celebrated on April 9, encourages people to choose a new name for a day, exploring the idea that our names can influence our personality and how others perceive us, inspired by the "Dorian Gray effect" from Oscar Wilde's novel where a character's appearance changes based on his actions and morality.
National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day
National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day, celebrated on April 9 alongside Easter, is a day to enjoy a delicious meal of roasted ham topped with pineapple, taking advantage of the season's best pineapples and Easter's tradition of serving ham.
Jumbo Day
Jumbo Day celebrates the life of Jumbo the Elephant, a famous 19th-century African elephant, whose name became synonymous with "huge" and has influenced popular culture since his time.