Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Saturday, July 1, 1972:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Wednesday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › The Godfather
🎮 Number one video game › Pong
🎵 Number one song › "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond
🐀 Chinese Zodiac › Rat
☀️ Sun Sign › Cancer
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Moon ☽
🐼 Spirit Animal › Woodpecker
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Larkspur
🪨 Birthstone › Ruby
📅 Lucky day › Monday ⬤Power Color › Silver
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,668,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 469,232,640 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,208,153,600 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,220,224,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 386,426,880 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 9, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1689
Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu, Japan.
1858
The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.
1863
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted.
1867
The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister.
1916
First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men (WWI).
1921
The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader.
1941
Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial.
1997
United Kingdom returns Hong Kong and the New Territories to the People's Republic of China.
Famous people with my birthday
1962
Andre Braugher, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
1941
Sally Quinn, American CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
1956
Alan Ruck, American actor (Spin City, Succession)
1970
Henry Simmons, American actor (NYPD Blue; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,)
1935
Dave Prowse, English actor (Darth Vader)
1923
Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World)
1972
Corey Hirsch, Canadian ice hockey goalie (Olympic silver 1994; Vancouver Canucks) and broadcaster (Sportsnet, Vancouver Canucks radio)
1887
Charles D. Brown, American actor (Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor)
Holidays on Saturday, July 1st
National Financial Freedom Day
National Financial Freedom Day is a day to learn about and work towards having enough money saved up or making money without a regular job, so you can live your dream life without worrying about money.
Hop A Park Day
Hop A Park Day is a fun holiday on the first Saturday of July where you ditch your gadgets to explore local parks, hang out with neighbors, and enjoy the outdoors.
ZIP Code Day
ZIP Code Day celebrates the introduction of ZIP codes on July 1, which helped organize mail delivery more efficiently, using a fun mascot named Mr. Zip to get everyone on board.
National Gingersnap Day
National Gingersnap Day, celebrated on July 1st every year, is all about enjoying the tasty and slightly healthier ginger, cinnamon, and clove-flavored cookies that pair perfectly with tea and offer some cool health benefits too.
National Television Heritage Day
National Television Heritage Day, celebrated on July 1st, is a holiday that honors nearly a century of television history, reflecting on how TV has evolved from simple boxes in our living rooms to streaming shows online, and encourages some to revisit simpler viewing times.
