9 April 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Monday, April 9, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 380,701,440 breaths and experienced over 2,175,436,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 462,280,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 8 months, and 12 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 6,295 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 9 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 6 ?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 9th

1935

Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials)

1948

Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician

1982

Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman)

1971

Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)

1933

Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars)

1986

Leighton Meester, American actress (Gossip Girl-Blair Waldorf)

1975

David Gordon Green, American filmmaker (George Washington)

1979

Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth)

📜 Historical events on this date

1483

Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower").

1731

British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain.

1768

John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.

1865

Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War).

1869

Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.

1992

John Major elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history.

2003

Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.

🎄 Holidays on April 9

National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day

National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day, celebrated on April 9 alongside Easter, is a day to enjoy a delicious meal of roasted ham topped with pineapple, taking advantage of the season's best pineapples and Easter's tradition of serving ham.

National Chinese Almond Cookie Day

National Chinese Almond Cookie Day, celebrated on April 9, is a day to enjoy crunchy, almond-flavored cookies that are believed to bring good luck, often made with special designs and traditionally associated with Chinese New Year.

Orthodox Palm Sunday

Orthodox Palm Sunday is a special day that celebrates when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and people welcomed him by laying palm branches on the ground, marking the start of the week leading up to Easter.

🏆 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 9, 1973 can be written as IV-IX-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 9, 1973
→ Day Index: 99th day of 1973
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 2nd Monday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,193,380 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,295 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: 6
→ 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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