9 May 1970: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, May 9, 1970 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 402,272,640 breaths and experienced over 2,298,700,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 488,473,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 54 years, 7 months, and 16 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐕 Born in → The Year of the Dog

😴 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: 6,651 days of your life or 18.22 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Love Story

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "American Woman" by Guess Who (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 9 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 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 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 9th

1988

Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer

1923

Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer, and "honorary mayor" of Hollywood

1972

Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist

1947

Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone)

1939

Pierre Desproges, French humorist

1946

Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)

1950

Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)

1929

Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers)

📜 Historical events on this date

1386

Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).

1865

President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.

1901

The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May.

1941

British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.

1945

World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.

1960

US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.

2018

Historic win in Malaysian general election by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, defeating Prime Minister Najib Razak and ending 61 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional coalition.

🎄 Holidays on May 9

Hurray for Buttons Day

Hurray for Buttons Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a fun holiday that honors the history and importance of buttons, those small fasteners on our clothes and decorative badges we love to collect.

National Butterscotch Brownie Day

National Butterscotch Brownie Day, celebrated on May 9, is a day to enjoy and share the delicious, chewy, and chunky treats made from sugary butterscotch and baked into brownies.

Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day

"Tear the Tags Off The Mattress Day, celebrated on May 9, is a quirky holiday inviting you to bravely ignore the 'do not remove' labels on mattresses and pillows for fun, even though it's actually legal for owners to remove these tags, not just for the manufacturers."

🏆 Sports in 1970

🏒 NHL

Boston Bruins defeated St. Louis Blues (4 - 0) to win the 1970 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings (23 - 7) to win Super Bowl IV on January 11, 1970 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Baltimore Orioles beat Cincinnati Reds (4 - 1) to win the 1970 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1970 US Open Championships, Ken Rosewall defeated Tony Roche (2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5-2), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Rosemary Casals (6-2, 2-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 9, 1970 can be written as V-IX-MCMLXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 9, 1970
→ Day Index: 129th day of 1970
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 1970
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 55 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 28,734,386 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,651 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 218 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 18.22 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 676 🌒
→ Life path number: 4
→ 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 1970: 3,700,577,650 Source: un.org

The 1970 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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