Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, October 18, 1972:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
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🍿 Number one movie › The Godfather
🎮 Number one video game › Pong
🎵 Number one song › "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry
🐀 Chinese Zodiac › Rat
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 11
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,489,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 466,490,880 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,195,251,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,201,408,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 384,168,960 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 26, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1009
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1685
French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.
1867
US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.
1931
American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.
1962
James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.
Famous people with my birthday
1898
Bob Custer [Raymond Glenn], American silent and sound screen actor (The Fighting Hombre; The Law of the Wild)
1974
Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer ("Suzhou River"; "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress")
1951
Pam Dawber, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam)
1991
Tyler Posey, American actor
1966
Angela Visser, Dutch actress, model and Miss Universe 1989
1998
Julia Wróblewska, Polish actress
1946
Howard Shore, Canadian television and film composer (Lord of the Rings trilogy; 1st music director of Saturday Night Live)
1952
Chuck Lorre, American television director, writer, and producer (Dharma & Greg; Two and a Half Men; The Big Bang Theory)
Holidays on Wednesday, October 18th
National Alaska Day
National Alaska Day, celebrated on October 18th, is a special day to appreciate Alaska, the biggest and most adventurous state that joined the United States.
National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day
National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day, observed every October 18, is a day to raise awareness and support for those who have suffered from sexual assault, encouraging them to share their stories and helping them heal.
National Mashed Potato Day
National Mashed Potato Day, celebrated on October 18th in the United States, is a fun holiday for potato lovers to indulge in their favorite dish, with its origins a bit of a mystery, though some believe the Idaho Potato Commission started it to honor the beloved spud.
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
National Chocolate Cupcake Day, celebrated every year on October 18, is a fun holiday where people all over the world enjoy chocolate cupcakes, a delicious treat that has been loved since it first appeared in a 1796 cookbook.
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a day when people choose to be silent for a day to honor and remember babies who were not born because of abortion.
