9 May 1974: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, May 9, 1974 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 372,839,040 breaths and experienced over 2,130,508,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 452,733,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 50 years, 7 months, and 17 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous 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: 6,165 days of your life or 16.89 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Blazing Saddles

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk Railroad (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 8 ?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

1929

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

1922

Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)

1934

Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor (The Madness of King George, The History Boys)

1946

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

1930

Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By)

1956

Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope)

1996

Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress

1953

Amy Hill, American comedian and actress (All-American Girl - "Grandma"; Magnum, PI - "Kumu")

📜 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

National Lost Sock Memorial Day

National Lost Sock Memorial Day, celebrated on May 9, is a fun day to remember and honor all the single socks we've lost, leaving their matches all alone.

National Moscato Day

National Moscato Day, celebrated on May 9th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate Moscato, a sweet, fruity wine from Italy, by learning about its history and tasting its unique peachy and citrus flavors.

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.

🏆 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 9, 1974 can be written as V-IX-MCMLXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 9, 1974
→ Day Index: 129th day of 1974
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 2nd Thursday of 1974
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 51 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,632,281 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,165 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 202 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 16.89 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 627 🌖
→ Life path number: 8
→ 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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