Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, July 4, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
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🍿 Number one movie › The Sting
🎮 Number one video game › Space Race
🎵 Number one song › "Will It Go Round In Circles" by Billy Preston
🐂 Chinese Zodiac › Ox
☀️ Sun Sign › Cancer
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Moon ☽
🐼 Spirit Animal › Woodpecker
🔢 Life Path Number › 4
🌼 Birth flower › Larkspur
🪨 Birthstone › Ruby
📅 Lucky day › Monday ⬤Power Color › Silver
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.39
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,035,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 459,538,560 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,162,534,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,153,696,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 378,443,520 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 12, 2005.
What happened on my birthday
1776
US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain.
1785
James Hutton, geologist, publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at the meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1803
The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson.
1838
Huskar Colliery Mining Disaster in Silkstone England: mining pit floods drown 26 children, leads to 1842'Mines and Collieries Act' bans women and children working underground.
1934
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
2017
North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan.
Famous people with my birthday
1924
Eva Marie Saint, American actress and producer (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, People Like Us)
1944
Ray Meagher, Australian actor (Home and Away)
1966
Lee Reherman, American actor
1973
Gackt [Gakuto Oshiro], Japanese rock singer-songwriter and actor
1933
Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler
1960
Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
1902
Vince Barnett, American actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle)
1904
Angela Baddeley, English actress (Ghost Train, Tom Jones)
Holidays on Wednesday, July 4th
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a quirky holiday where people try to fry an egg on the sidewalk using solar energy, highlighting the power of the sun and promoting solar energy awareness.
National Barbecued Spareribs Day
National Barbecued Spareribs Day, celebrated on July 4th in the U.S., is all about enjoying delicious grilled spare ribs with friends and family as part of the Independence Day festivities, highlighting the joy of summer barbecues.
National Caesar Salad Day
National Caesar Salad Day, celebrated every July 4th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the classic Caesar salad, a popular dish featuring croutons, romaine lettuce, parmesan, and a zesty dressing.
National Hillbilly Day
National Hillbilly Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a day to appreciate and learn about the unique traditions and lifestyle of people living in the countryside of the United States, often called hillbillies.
Alice in Wonderland Day
Alice in Wonderland Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a day to dive into the imaginative and whimsical world created by Lewis Carroll in 1865, where we honor a story of a young girl's fantastical adventures and the enduring legacy of creativity it has inspired through books, movies, and various adaptations.