30 August 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, August 30, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 377,818,560 breaths and experienced over 2,158,963,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 458,779,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 3 months, and 22 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌒 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: 6,247 days of your life or 17.12 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Brother Louie" by Stories (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♍ August 30 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear

⭐ Celebrities born on August 30th

1983

Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor

1941

Ben Jones, American politician and actor (The Dukes of Hazzard)

1973

Lisa Ling, American journalist (CNN)

1927

Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard")

1960

Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer

1976

Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress

1938

Steve Delaney, English newscaster (Monitor)

1925

Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)

📜 Historical events on this date

1146

European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time.

1363

Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

1590

Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590).

1682

William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World.

1928

Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India.

1941

Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII.

🎄 Holidays on August 30

National Holistic Pet Day

National Holistic Pet Day, celebrated on August 30, encourages us to care for our pets' overall well-being, including their physical health, mental state, and happiness, through activities like playing fetch.

National Beach Day

National Beach Day, celebrated on August 30, is a fun holiday that encourages people to enjoy and protect our beautiful beaches by keeping them clean and safe.

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

National Toasted Marshmallow Day, celebrated on August 30, is a fun holiday where we toast marshmallows over a fire, marking the end of summer and honoring a treat that originated thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt.

🏆 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.

August 30, 1973 can be written as VIII-XXX-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 30, 1973
→ Day Index: 242nd day of 1973
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 5th Thursday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,987,618 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,247 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 205 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.12 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 635 🌒
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ 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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