Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, May 8, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › The Sting
🎮 Number one video game › Space Race
🎵 Number one song › "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn
🔢 Life Path Number › 6
🌼 Birth flower › Lily of the valley
🪨 Birthstone › Emerald
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Green
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.39
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,121,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 460,860,480 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,168,755,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,162,768,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 379,532,160 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 14, 2005.
What happened on my birthday
1660
English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.
1835
1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
1902
Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.
1945
V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.
1980
World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated.
2007
A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) as Deputy First Minister.
Famous people with my birthday
1971
Chris Wolf, American actor and musician (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting for You")
1932
Phyllida Law, Scottish actress (Much Ado About Nothing, The Time Machine)
1974
Jon Tickle, English TV presenter (Brainiac)
1987
Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor (The White Queen)
1915
John Archer [Ralph Bowman], American actor (Destination: Moon, White Heat, Blue Hawaii)
1964
Cheryl Richardson, American actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
1957
Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC)
1908
Laura Liddell, English actress (Shakespeare Wallah)
Holidays on Tuesday, May 8th
National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day
"National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day, observed every May 8th, encourages people to report fraudulent government contractors, with the potential to earn a reward, aiming to protect $400 billion of public funds from being wasted on scams."
Jamestown Day
Jamestown Day celebrates the 415th anniversary of America's first permanent English colony with historical reenactments and Native American arts at two cultural sites, showcasing the early settlers' life and the Powhatan people.
White Lotus Day
White Lotus Day is a special day on May 8th where people who follow Theosophy remember the life of Helena Blavatsky, one of their founders, by celebrating with white lotuses, symbolizing her influence and the spread of Eastern spiritual ideas in the West.
National Give Someone a Cupcake Day
National Give Someone a Cupcake Day, celebrated on May 8th, is a fun holiday where you make or buy cupcakes to share with friends, teachers, family, or anyone else you know, just to make their day a little sweeter.
National Women's Check-up Day
National Women's Check-up Day, observed on the second Monday in May, encourages women to get regular medical check-ups to catch any health issues early and maintain a healthier life.
