Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, October 24, 1972:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Saturday How many days until my birthday ›
219 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
4 months
23 days
12 hours
6 minutes
Number one movie › The Godfather Number one video game › Pong Number one song › "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry
Chinese Zodiac › Rat Sun Sign › Scorpio Zodiac Element › Water Zodiac Quality › Fixed Ruling Planet › Pluto ♇ Spirit Animal › Snake
Life Path Number › 8 Birth flower › Marigold Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Black
Gas price per gallon › $0.36
President of United States › World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 30,620,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 468,498,240 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 2,204,697,600 times. You have taken about 3,215,184,000 steps. You have taken approximately 385,822,080 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on July 2, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1260
Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself.
1648
Treaty of Westphalia ends The Thirty Year's War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland's independence recognized.
1929
Black Thursday, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%.
1962
Cuban missile crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba.
2008
Bloody Friday saw many of the world's stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
Famous people with my birthday
1971
Dervla Kirwan, Irish TV and stage actress
1941
Frank Aendenboom, Flemish actor (Lion of Flanders)
1927
Gilbert Bécaud [François Gilbert Léopold Silly], French singer, pianist, composer and actor (Nathalie) known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances
1988
Daniel Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid)
1948
Dale "Buffin" Griffin, English rock drummer (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), and producer (BBC's John Peel sessions)
1960
B.D. Wong, American actor (M. Butterfly)
1995
Ashton Sanders. American actor (Moonlight)
1987
Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor (Tomorrow, When the War Begin)
Holidays on Tuesday, October 24th
National Jamaican Jerk Day
National Jamaican Jerk Day, celebrated on October 24th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy and honor the unique flavors of Jamaican jerk cuisine, along with celebrating Jamaican culture, music, dancing, and bringing communities together.
National Bologna Day
National Bologna Day, celebrated on October 24, is a fun holiday where people enjoy bologna, a popular lunch meat, in their sandwiches, paying homage to a food named after an Italian city but loved globally in its uniquely American form.
National Food Day
National Food Day is a day to celebrate healthy eating and learn about good farming and safe food making, reminding us to eat well and take care of the planet.