Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, October 16, 1974:
🕰️ 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 › Blazing Saddles
🎮 Number one video game › Maze War
🎵 Number one song › "Nothing From Nothing" by Billy Preston
🐅 Chinese Zodiac › Tiger
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 11
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.53
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 29,273,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 447,886,080 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,107,699,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,073,728,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 368,847,360 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 24, 2006.
What happened on my birthday
1813
Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria and Russia.
1900
Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, agreeing to maintain territorial integrity of China and support'open door' policy called for by US Secretary of State.
1934
Mao Zedong & 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March.
1962
Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
1978
Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected Pope John Paul II.
1998
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges.
Famous people with my birthday
1938
Nico [Christa Päffgen], German singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground), fashion model, and actress
1974
Deo Grech, Maltese television presenter and songwriter
1927
Lee Montague, British actor (Uncle Sasha-Holocaust)
1928
Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta")
1968
Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
1981
Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress (Alice, The November Man)
1954
Stephen Mellor, American actor
1980
Jeremy Jackson, actor (Shout, Baywatch)
Holidays on Wednesday, October 16th
National Liqueur Day
National Liqueur Day, celebrated on October 16, is a day when adults enjoy a variety of sweet and flavored alcoholic drinks, from maraschino to coffee, by sharing a toast with friends.
World Food Day
World Food Day, celebrated on October 16th, is a day to raise awareness about global hunger and the importance of ensuring everyone has access to enough nutritious food.
National Department Store Day
National Department Store Day, celebrated on October 16, honors the big shops where you can find almost everything you need, from clothes to furniture, and how they play a big role in America's economy.
Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day
Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day is a special day to thank and celebrate the volunteers who spend their Sundays teaching kids about their religion, and it happens every third Sunday in October.
National Veterans BBQ Day
National Veterans BBQ Day, celebrated on October 16, is a fun day to honor our veterans by enjoying or sharing a BBQ meal with them, while also sharing stories and recipes online, with some restaurants offering free meals to those who've served.
