11 April 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, April 11, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 380,761,920 breaths and experienced over 2,175,782,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 462,353,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 8 months, and 15 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 6,296 days of your life or 17.25 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawerence (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♈ April 11 zodiac sign is Aries ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 8 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Mars ♂

🪨 Your birthstone is Diamond ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for April is Sweet Pea/Daisy ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Hawk

⭐ Celebrities born on April 11th

1950

Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)

1955

Michele Scarabelli, Canadian actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)

1940

Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor

1947

Meshach Taylor, American actor

1949

Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director

1961

Lucky Vanous, American model (GQ, Diet Coke)

1957

John Castellanos, American actor (The Young and The Restless - "John Silva")

1939

Louise Lasser, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mary Hartman")

📜 Historical events on this date

1512

Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars.

1783

Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War.

1814

Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba.

1868

The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.

1955

Chartered Air India plane the "Kashmir Princess" is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent.

1968

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.

1979

Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya.

2015

Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution.

🎄 Holidays on April 11

National Submarine Day

National Submarine Day, celebrated on April 11, marks the day the US Navy got its first modern submarine, the USS Holland, recognizing the challenges and achievements of submarine crews who spend months at sea in tight spaces.

National Barbershop Quartet Day

National Barbershop Quartet Day, celebrated on April 11, honors the unique style of music that started in the late 1800s when men would sing in harmony while waiting for haircuts, and has since evolved into a popular and competitive musical genre.

National Ranch Water Day

National Ranch Water Day celebrates a popular Texas drink made from tequila, lime, and soda water, known for being tasty, low-calorie, and refreshing.

🏆 Sports in 1973

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 2) to win the 1973 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins (14 - 7) to win Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat New York Mets (4 - 3) to win the 1973 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1973 US Open Championships, John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 11, 1973 can be written as IV-XI-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 11, 1973
→ Day Index: 101st day of 1973
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 2nd Wednesday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,197,927 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,296 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 207 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.25 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 640 🌓
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Aries ♈
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mars
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Hawk
→ Power Color: Red
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1973: 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org

The 1973 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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