Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, October 18, 1972:
🕰️ 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 Godfather
🎮 Number one video game › Pong
🎵 Number one song › "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry
🐀 Chinese Zodiac › Rat
☀️ 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 › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 30,120,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 460,836,000 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,168,640,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,162,600,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 379,512,000 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 26, 2004.
What happened on my birthday
1009
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1685
French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.
1867
US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.
1931
American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.
1962
James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.
Famous people with my birthday
1974
Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer ("Suzhou River"; "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress")
1947
Joe Morton, American actor (Hal-Grady, Abel Marsh-Another World)
1962
Vincent Spano, American actor (Baby, It's You; Alphabet City; Maria's Lovers)
1966
Angela Visser, Dutch actress, model and Miss Universe 1989
1992
Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (Calm with Horses, Eternals)
1918
Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco)
1949
Ed Farmer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; Chicago White Sox) and radio broadcaster (Chicago White Sox, 1991-2005)
1950
Merry Martin, actress (Leslie-Peter Loves Mary)
Holidays on Wednesday, October 18th
National No Beard Day
National No Beard Day, celebrated on October 18, is a fun day when guys shave off their beards to change their look and maybe even feel a bit different or more confident.
National Alaska Day
National Alaska Day, celebrated on October 18th, is a special day to appreciate Alaska, the biggest and most adventurous state that joined the United States.
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
National Chocolate Cupcake Day, celebrated every year on October 18, is a fun holiday where people all over the world enjoy chocolate cupcakes, a delicious treat that has been loved since it first appeared in a 1796 cookbook.
National Pharmacy Technician Day
National Pharmacy Technician Day, celebrated on October 18, is a special day to appreciate the hardworking helpers in pharmacies who assist with everything from counting pills to helping customers, ensuring pharmacies run smoothly.
National Mashed Potato Day
National Mashed Potato Day, celebrated on October 18th in the United States, is a fun holiday for potato lovers to indulge in their favorite dish, with its origins a bit of a mystery, though some believe the Idaho Potato Commission started it to honor the beloved spud.
