18 May 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Friday, May 18, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 379,955,520 breaths and experienced over 2,171,174,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 461,374,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 7 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌕 The moon was in Full 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: 6,282 days of your life or 17.21 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 18 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 7 ?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 Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 May 18th

1923

Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek, The Magic Sword, Monroes)

1918

Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law)

1958

Toyah Wilcox, English singer ("I Want to Be Free"), actress, and Mrs. Robert Fripp

1912

Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo)

1992

Spencer Breslin, American actor

1931

Robert Morse, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Mad Men)

1948

Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor and director (Gekkenbriefje)

1943

James Reiher 'Deuce', American professional wrestler

📜 Historical events on this date

1291

Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre.

1291

After 100 years of crusader control, Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.

1804

Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

1896

Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.

1974

India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.

2009

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

🎄 Holidays on May 18

National Aperitif Day

National Aperitif Day is a day when people celebrate by having special drinks before their meals to help increase their appetite.

National No Dirty Dishes Day

National No Dirty Dishes Day, celebrated on May 18, is a fun holiday encouraging everyone to avoid leaving any dishes dirty for a day, making it a break for people and sinks alike from the chore of dishwashing.

Mother Whistler Day

Mother Whistler Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a quirky holiday that honors the art of whistling for its simple joy and its role in culture, rather than the mother of artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, inspiring us to appreciate the little things in life.

🏆 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.

May 18, 1973 can be written as V-XVIII-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 1973
→ Day Index: 138th day of 1973
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,139,856 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,282 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 206 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.21 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 639 🌕
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ 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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