26 April 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Wednesday, April 26, 1972 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

11
months

21
hours

29
minutes

40
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 390,841,920 breaths and experienced over 2,233,382,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 474,593,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 53 years, and 29 days

You were born on a Wednesday

The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

Born into → Generation X

Born in → The Year of the Rat

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: 6,462 days of your life or 17.71 years.

#1 movie was: The Godfather

#1 song on your birthday: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (source: Billboard Hot 100)

April 26 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 4 ?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 Venus

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 → Friday

Your spirit animal → Beaver

Celebrities born on April 26th

1940

Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer, and film score composer (Cat People; Top Gun)

1977

Jason Earles, American actor (Kickin' It)

1930

Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country)

1982

Jon Lee, English actor and singer (S Club 7)

1918

Stafford Repp, American actor (Playhouse 90, Batman, Plunder Road)

1961

Joan Chen [Chen Chong], Chinese-American actress (Heaven & Earth, The Last Emperor)

1967

Kane [Glenn Jacobs], American professional wrestler

1979

Sean Fox, American actor (3 Ninjas Kick Back, Calendar Girl)

Historical events on this date

1478

Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici and kill Giuliano de'Medici in Florence.

1920

Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold "great debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

1945

Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason.

1956

First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

1986

World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe.

2005

Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.

Holidays on April 26

National Help A Horse Day

National Help A Horse Day, celebrated on April 26th, is a special day dedicated to encouraging everyone to come together and take actions to protect horses from harm and ensure they are well cared for.

National Static Cling Day

National Static Cling Day, celebrated on April 26, is a fun holiday that acknowledges the sticky situation of clothes and other items clinging together because of static electricity.

National Pretzel Day

National Pretzel Day on April 26 celebrates the twisty treat that started as a simple, meat-free option by monks in the 7th century and has grown into a snack loved by many.

Sports in 1972

NHL

Boston Bruins defeated New York Rangers (4 - 2) to win the 1972 Stanley Cup.

NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins (24 - 3) to win Super Bowl VI on January 16, 1972 in New Orleans, LA.

MLB

Oakland Athletics beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 3) to win the 1972 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1972 US Open Championships, Ilie Nastase defeated Arthur Ashe (3-6, 6-3, 6-7(1-5), 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Kerry Melville Reid (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 26, 1972 can be written as IV-XXVI-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for April 26, 1972
→ Day Index: 117th day of 1972
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday: 335 days
→ Age on next birthday: 54 years old
→ Days since birth: 19387 days
→ You are: 27,918,090 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,462 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 212 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.71 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 657
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1972: 3,851,545,181 Source: un.org

The 1972 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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