Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Friday, January 21, 1972:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Wednesday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › The Godfather
🎮 Number one video game › Pong
🎵 Number one song › "American Pie" by Don McLean
🐀 Chinese Zodiac › Rat
☀️ Sun Sign › Aquarius
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Uranus ♅
🐼 Spirit Animal › Otter
🔢 Life Path Number › 5
🌼 Birth flower › Carnation
🪨 Birthstone › Garnet
📅 Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Blue
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,552,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 467,445,600 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,199,744,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,207,960,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 384,955,200 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 29, 2003.
What happened on my birthday
1525
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1789
1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy" is published.
1793
Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for high treason.
1952
Jawaharlal Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India.
1968
The Battle of Khe Sanh - one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War - begins at the Khe Sanh Air Base.
2008
Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 9/11, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.
Fausto Bara, Mexican-American actor (The Renegades - "Gaucho")
1990
Jacob Smith, American actor
1970
Ken Leung, American actor (Lost; Shanghai Kiss; The Night Shift)
1942
Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me"; "In The Ghetto"; "I Believe In Music") and actor (North Dallas Forty)
1945
Martin Shaw, British actor (The Chief; Inspector George Gently)
Holidays on Friday, January 21st
National Hug Your Puppy Day
National Hug Your Puppy Day, celebrated on January 21, is a special day dedicated to giving your puppy extra cuddles to strengthen your bond and show them love by releasing the "cuddle hormone" oxytocin in both of you.
National Use Your Gift Card Day
National Use Your Gift Card Day, celebrated on the third Saturday of January, encourages everyone to dig out and spend all the gift cards they've been collecting, potentially saving money and even finding the perfect Valentine's Day gift.
One-Liners Day
One-Liners Day, celebrated every January 21, is all about enjoying and sharing those hilarious or jaw-dropping single-sentence jokes and quotes that have made us laugh or think deeply throughout history.
National Hugging Day
National Hugging Day, celebrated on January 21st each year, is a holiday dedicated to encouraging people to express their affection and friendship through the simple, warm gesture of giving hugs.
National Conscious Uncoupling Day
National Conscious Uncoupling Day, celebrated on January 21st, encourages couples to separate peacefully and prioritize their children's well-being to prevent the negative impacts of divorce.
