Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, May 5, 1976:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Tuesday How many days until my birthday ›
50 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
10 months
10 days
7 hours
40 minutes
Number one movie › Rocky Number one video game › Breakout Number one song › "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian
Chinese Zodiac › Dragon 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 › $0.59
President of United States › World population › 4,154,287,594 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 28,553,600,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 436,870,080 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 2,055,859,200 times. You have taken about 2,998,128,000 steps. You have taken approximately 359,775,360 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 12, 2008.
What happened on my birthday
1260
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
1941
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa.
1955
West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers.
1965
First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
1980
Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building.
1981
After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision; 9 further hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.
Famous people with my birthday
1967
Maro Mavri, Greek fashion model and actress
1936
Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People)
1976
Dieter Brummer, Australian TV actor (Home and Away: Underbelly)
1984
Eve Torres, American actress and professional wrestler (3 times WWE Divas Champion)
1970
Kyan Douglas, American TV personality (Queer Eye)
1940
Lance Henriksen, American actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
1944
Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor (Detective)
1930
Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator
Holidays on Wednesday, May 5th
National Space Day
National Space Day is a cool holiday on the first Friday of May where we celebrate everything about space and encourage everyone to learn more and dream big about the universe and our place in it!
National Astronaut Day
National Astronaut Day, celebrated on May 5th, commemorates the day Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space, highlighting the incredible journeys and achievements of astronauts since then.
Kentucky Oaks
The Kentucky Oaks is a famous horse race just for young female horses, happening the day before the Kentucky Derby, making it a big deal in American horse racing.
Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day
"Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day, celebrated on May 5th, is all about showing some love to the versatile and common garden sheds by hugging them and capturing the moment with a selfie."
National Cartoonists Day
National Cartoonists Day, celebrated on May 5th, is a cool day to appreciate and learn about the artists who create your favorite comic strips and cartoons, marking the anniversary of the first comic strip published in a newspaper.