5 May 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Friday, May 5, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 387,555,840 breaths and experienced over 2,214,604,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 470,603,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 7 months, and 17 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter 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: 6,408 days of your life or 17.56 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)

♉ May 5 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 11 ?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 5th

1988

Brooke Hogan [Bollea], American pop singer (Undiscovered) and television personality

1940

Lance Henriksen, American actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)

1949

Anna Bergman, Swedish actress (Agent 69)

1932

Will Hutchins, American actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)

1961

Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler (NJPW) and politician (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

1935

Douglas Marland, American soap opera writer (Gen Hospital)

1930

Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator

1945

Kurtis "Kurt" Loder, American film critic, TV personality and columnist (Rolling Stone, New York, Time)

📜 Historical events on this date

1260

Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

1941

Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa.

1955

West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers.

1965

First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.

1980

Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building.

1981

After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision; 9 further hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.

🎄 Holidays on May 5

Museum Lover's Day

Museum Lover's Day is a special day on May 5th where people who love exploring and learning from museums come together to celebrate and enjoy all kinds of art and exhibitions.

National Hoagie Day

National Hoagie Day, celebrated on May 5th, is a day when people swap out their usual Cinco de Mayo tacos and burritos for a delicious hoagie sandwich, also known as a sub, grinder, or hero, from their local deli.

National Space Day

National Space Day is a cool holiday on the first Friday of May where we celebrate everything about space and encourage everyone to learn more and dream big about the universe and our place in it!

🏆 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.

May 5, 1972 can be written as V-V-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 5, 1972
→ Day Index: 126th day of 1972
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 1st Friday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,683,936 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,408 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 210 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.56 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 652 🌗
→ Life path number: 11
→ 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 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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