20 May 1974: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Monday, May 20, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 372,617,280 breaths and experienced over 2,129,241,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 452,463,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 7 months, and 6 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 6,161 days of your life or 16.88 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Streak" by Ray Stevens (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 20 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 1 ?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 20th

1983

Jr. NTR, Indian film actor

1968

Timothy Olyphant, American stage and screen actor (Deadwood; Justified; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

1973

Elsa [Lunghini], French singer ("T'en va pas" - "Don't Go Away") and actress

1913

Ion Dumitrescu, Romanian classical and film score composer (The Sun Rises)

1966

Dan Abrams, American TV reporter (Nightline)

1977

Angela Goethals, American actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)

1930

James McEachin, American actor and author (Perry Mason, Harry-Tenafly)

1959

Bronson Pinchot, American actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)

📜 Historical events on this date

1498

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609

Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862

US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864

Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927

At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927

Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990

Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.

🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Armed Forces Day

National Armed Forces Day is a day to honor and thank all the military members of the United States for their service, celebrated on the third Saturday of May every year.

National River Cleanup Day

National River Cleanup Day is a special day when people across the country come together to clean trash and debris from rivers and their surroundings to help protect the environment and wildlife.

National Quiche Lorraine Day

National Quiche Lorraine Day, celebrated on May 20, honors the famous egg-based dish, showcasing its journey from medieval Europe to a beloved meal that combines flavors similar to a full English breakfast in one tasty pie.

🏆 Sports in 1974

🏒 NHL

Philadelphia Flyers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1974 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings (24 - 7) to win Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 1) to win the 1974 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1974 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ken Rosewall (6-1, 6-0, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 20, 1974 can be written as V-XX-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1974
→ Day Index: 140th day of 1974
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1974
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,615,824 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,161 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 202 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 16.88 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 627 🌘
→ Life path number: 1
→ 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 1974: 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org

The 1974 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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