Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, April 9, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 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 Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawerence
🐂 Chinese Zodiac › Ox
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 6
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.39
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,216,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 462,304,800 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,175,552,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,172,680,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 380,721,600 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 16, 2004.
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
1937
Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie)
1936
Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 1983-93)
1971
Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
1941
Chu Song-woong, South Korean stage actor
1982
Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman)
1942
(Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud)
1948
Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
1986
Leighton Meester, American actress (Gossip Girl-Blair Waldorf)
Holidays on Monday, April 9th
National Former Prisoner Of War Recognition Day
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, observed every April 9, honors the bravery of soldiers who were captured during wars, reminding us of their sacrifice and the importance of treating all POWs with respect and dignity.
Orthodox Palm Sunday
Orthodox Palm Sunday is a special day that celebrates when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and people welcomed him by laying palm branches on the ground, marking the start of the week leading up to Easter.
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.
Appomattox Day
Appomattox Day, observed every April 9th in the United States, marks the end of the Civil War in 1865 when General Lee surrendered to General Grant, effectively ending the conflict.
National Mature Women's Day
National Mature Women's Day, celebrated on April 9th, is a special day to honor and celebrate the older, wise, and confident women in our lives, encouraging them to embrace self-love and a positive view on aging.
