Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, May 9, 1973:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › 7
🌼 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 30,169,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 461,594,880 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,172,211,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,167,808,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 380,136,960 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 15, 2005.
What happened on my birthday
1386
Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).
1865
President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
1901
The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May.
1941
British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.
1945
World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.
1960
US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.
2018
Historic win in Malaysian general election by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, defeating Prime Minister Najib Razak and ending 61 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional coalition.
Famous people with my birthday
1919
Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?)
1989
C418 [Daniel Rosenfeld], German ambient musician, and video game and soundtrack composer (Minecraft; Beyond Stranger Things)
1936
Terry Drinkwater, American TV newsman (CBS)
1946
Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
1955
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (Misfits of Science)
1930
Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By)
1932
Geraldine McEwan, British actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple)
1951
Alley Mills, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
Holidays on Wednesday, May 9th
Hurray for Buttons Day
Hurray for Buttons Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a fun holiday that honors the history and importance of buttons, those small fasteners on our clothes and decorative badges we love to collect.
Alphabet Magnet Day
Alphabet Magnet Day, celebrated on May 9, is a fun day to remember and play with those colorful letter magnets we use to create words on the fridge, thanks to The Type Set Co.® which keeps the tradition exciting with their unique designs.
National Sleepover Day
National Sleepover Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a fun holiday where friends gather for a night of staying up late, sharing stories, and creating memories together, just like the sleepovers that have brought people closer for years.
National Butterscotch Brownie Day
National Butterscotch Brownie Day, celebrated on May 9, is a day to enjoy and share the delicious, chewy, and chunky treats made from sugary butterscotch and baked into brownies.
Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day
"Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day, celebrated on May 9, is a quirky holiday inviting you to bravely ignore the 'do not remove' labels on mattresses and pillows for fun, even though it's actually legal for owners to remove these tags, not just for the manufacturers."
