Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, August 9, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › The Sting
🎮 Number one video game › Space Race
🎵 Number one song › "The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern
🐂 Chinese Zodiac › Ox
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Gladiolus
🪨 Birthstone › Peridot and Sardonyx
📅 Lucky day › Sunday ⬤Power Color › Orange
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.39
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 29,976,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 458,632,800 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,158,272,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,147,480,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 377,697,600 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 17, 2005.
What happened on my birthday
378
Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens.
1790
Robert Gray's Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe.
1898
Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.
1942
Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress.
1945
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki.
1965
Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence.
1974
Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President.
Famous people with my birthday
1950
Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director (Love Potion)
1985
Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer (Pitch Perfect)
1972
Elizabeth Vassey, American actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)
1958
Amanda Bearse, American actress (Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children)
1976
Audrey Tautou, French actress (Venus Beauty Institute, Amélie)
1975
Mahesh Babu, Indian actor,' Prince of Tollywood'
1961
Amy Stiller, American actress (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
1944
Sam Elliott, American actor (A Star Is Born, Conagher)
Holidays on Thursday, August 9th
National Rice Pudding Day
National Rice Pudding Day, celebrated on August 9th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate rice pudding, a sweet dish made from rice cooked in milk, which can be flavored in various ways and is enjoyed worldwide.
National Book Lovers Day
National Book Lovers Day, celebrated on August 9th, is a day to put away your phone, pick up a book (or listen to an audiobook), and dive into the joy of reading, celebrating how books have shaped history and made knowledge accessible to everyone.
Hold Hands Day
Hold Hands Day, celebrated on August 9th, is a special day that encourages everyone to hold hands with their loved ones, highlighting the importance of touch and showing affection, whether it's between family members or friends, to support and connect with each other.
National Veep Day
National Veep Day, celebrated on August 9, honors the role of U.S. vice presidents and the importance of presidential succession, inspired by the historical event in the 1970s when Gerald Ford became president without being previously elected, after Nixon's resignation.
National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day
National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day is a day to thank and recognize the dedicated workers who support and care for people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities, celebrated on the third Wednesday of August each year.
