Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, May 18, 1972:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Monday
🎂 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 › 6
🌼 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 30,568,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 467,690,400 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,200,896,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,209,640,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 385,156,800 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 25, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1291
Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre.
1291
After 100 years of crusader control, Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.
1804
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1896
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1974
India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.
2009
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Famous people with my birthday
1934
Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive
1962
Mike Darnell, American television executive 'the King of Reality TV' (Fox, Warner Bros)
1943
James Reiher 'Deuce', American professional wrestler
1912
Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo)
1917
James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead)
1997
Alana Etheridge, American actress
1992
Spencer Breslin, American actor
1979
(Jens) "Jeb" Bergensten, Swedish video game designer (Minecraft)
Holidays on Thursday, May 18th
National Visit Your Relatives Day
National Visit Your Relatives Day, celebrated on May 18th, is all about taking a break from our busy lives to hang out or catch up with family members we haven't seen in a while.
I Love Reese's Day
"I Love Reese's Day," celebrated every May 18, is a holiday created by the Hershey Company to honor the beloved Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, a top-selling candy since 1928, following an online petition supported by 40,000 fans.
National No Dirty Dishes Day
National No Dirty Dishes Day, celebrated on May 18, is a fun holiday encouraging everyone to avoid leaving any dishes dirty for a day, making it a break for people and sinks alike from the chore of dishwashing.
National Aperitif Day
National Aperitif Day is a day when people celebrate by having special drinks before their meals to help increase their appetite.
Mother Whistler Day
Mother Whistler Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a quirky holiday that honors the art of whistling for its simple joy and its role in culture, rather than the mother of artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, inspiring us to appreciate the little things in life.
