Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, August 22, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › "Brother Louie" by Stories
🐂 Chinese Zodiac › Ox
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 5
🌼 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 30,006,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 459,097,920 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,160,460,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,150,672,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 378,080,640 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 30, 2005.
What happened on my birthday
1485
Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642
Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament.
1864
First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".
1864
First Geneva Convention, governing the protection of victims in warfare, signed by 12 nations.
1945
Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.
Famous people with my birthday
1916
John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)
1971
Richard Armitage, British actor (The Hobbit; Robin Hood)
1935
Morton Dean [Dubitsky], American TV news correspondent, anchor (CBS, ABC), and author
1905
Wade Crosby, American actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood)
1986
Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress
1907
Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach)
1915
Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne)
1985
Jey Uso [Joshua Samuel Fatu], American professional wrestler (Raw Tag Team champion with twin brother Jimmy)
Holidays on Wednesday, August 22nd
National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day is a special day to remember to take care of our furry cat friends by making sure they have a check-up at the vet for their health.
Be An Angel Day
Be An Angel Day, celebrated every August 22, is about doing good deeds, big or small, to make the world a better place by being kind and helpful to others.
National Surgical Oncologist Day
National Surgical Oncologist Day, celebrated on August 22, honors doctors who specialize in removing tumors and fighting cancer, helping many people live longer and healthier lives.
National Bao Day
National Bao Day, celebrated on August 22, is all about enjoying and learning more about the delicious and diverse dumplings called bao, which come stuffed with everything from pork to sweet custard.
National Pecan Torte Day
National Pecan Torte Day, celebrated every August 22nd, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and honor a delicious dessert made mainly with pecans, a nut that's originally from the United States, and can include different yummy fillings.