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 30,592,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 468,057,600 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,202,624,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,212,160,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 385,459,200 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
2003
Storm Reid, American actress (A Wrinkle in Time, Euphoria)
1941
Sally Quinn, American CBS newscaster (Morning Show)
1962
Andre Braugher, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
1930
Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (Lion of the Dessert)
1968
Tim Abell, American actor (We Were Soldiers)
1989
Hannah Murray, English actress (Game of Thrones)
1939
Frank Parker, American actor (Days of our Lives, Never Too Young)
1972
Corey Hirsch, Canadian ice hockey goalie (Olympic silver 1994; Vancouver Canucks) and broadcaster (Sportsnet, Vancouver Canucks radio)
Holidays on Saturday, July 1st
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.
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.
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.
National Baby-Led Weaning Day
National Baby-Led Weaning Day, celebrated on July 1st, is about letting babies learn to eat solid foods by themselves, encouraging better motor skills and eating habits, based on the ideas of Dr. Gill Rapley.
National U.S. Postage Stamp Day
National U.S. Postage Stamp Day, celebrated on July 1st, marks the anniversary of when postage stamps were first introduced in 1847, reminding us to appreciate the easy way we can send mail today.