Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, May 16, 1972:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 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 › "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack
🐀 Chinese Zodiac › Rat
☀️ Sun Sign › Taurus
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Beaver
🔢 Life Path Number › 4
🌼 Birth flower › Lily of the valley
🪨 Birthstone › Emerald
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Green
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 31,070,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 475,377,120 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,237,068,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,262,392,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 391,487,040 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 23, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1920
Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint.
1943
Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous dambusters Raid, bombing the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.
Osmo Lindeman, Finnish jazz pianist, film score composer, pedagogue, and electronic music pioneer
1908
John Holland, American actor (My Fair Lady, Chinatown)
1969
David Boreanaz, American actor (Angel, Bones)
1935
Jimmy LIndley, English jockey (2,000 Guineas 1963, 66; St Leger 1964) and broadcaster (BBC)
1921
Harry Carey Jr, American actor (Back to the Future Part III, Gremlins)
1983
Nancy Ajram, Lebanese Arab-pop singer ("Betfakkar Fe Eih" (What Are You Thinking About); "Mitagalak"), and television personality (Arab Idol; The Voice Kids)
Holidays on Tuesday, May 16th
Supply Chain Professionals Day
Supply Chain Professionals Day, celebrated on the third Monday of May, is a special day to appreciate the hard work of people who make sure all the stuff we use and need gets to us on time, from toys and clothes to food and gadgets.
National Stop Nausea Day
National Stop Nausea Day, observed on the third Tuesday in May, is a day dedicated to raising awareness about nausea and its triggers, encouraging people to learn about and use available treatments to manage this common but uncomfortable condition.
National Wear Purple for Peace Day
National Wear Purple for Peace Day, celebrated every May 16th, is a quirky holiday where people wear purple to promote world peace and, in a fun twist, to signal to aliens that Earth is a friendly and peaceful place.
National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day
National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day, celebrated on May 16, encourages us to show appreciation to those around us, reminding us that neighbors aren't just the people living next door, but anyone we interact with, by doing kind acts or spending quality time with them.
National Mimosa Day
National Mimosa Day, celebrated on May 16, is a fun day dedicated to enjoying a popular brunch cocktail made from champagne and orange juice, often enjoyed at gatherings and named after an Australian flower.
