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 30,086,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 460,321,920 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,166,220,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,159,072,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 379,088,640 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)
1933
Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler
1960
Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
1988
Luke Thompson, English actor (Benedict in Bridgerton)
1981
Tahar Rahim, French actor (The Serpent)
1944
Ray Meagher, Australian actor (Home and Away)
1912
Virginia Graham, American TV personality (Girl Talk, Where Was I)
1962
Neil Morrissey, English actor (Men Behaving Badly)
Holidays on Wednesday, July 4th
Filipino-American Friendship Day
Filipino-American Friendship Day, celebrated every July 4th, marks the strong bond between the Philippines and the United States, highlighting their journey from a rocky start to close allies, especially after America helped the Philippines during WWII.
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.
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.
Invisible Day
Invisible Day, celebrated on July 4th in the United States, is about exploring the idea of being unseen, whether it's feeling unnoticed by others or imagining the possibilities of moving through the world invisibly, and reflecting on how we might use that ability.
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.