18 October 1972: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, October 18, 1972 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 384,209,280 breaths and experienced over 2,195,481,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 466,539,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 52 years, 2 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 6,353 days of your life or 17.4 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Godfather

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♎ October 18 zodiac sign is Libra ?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 Opal and Tourmaline ?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 October is Marigold ?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 → Raven

⭐ Celebrities born on October 18th

1920

Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, activist and politician

1956

Craig Bartlett, American animator (Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train, Ready Jet Go!)

1871

Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto)

1968

Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks)

1987

Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model

1977

Chris McKenna, American actor (Joey-One Live to Live)

1954

Liz Burch, Australian actress

1984

Freida Pinto, Indian Bollywood actress (Slumdog Millionaire; Rise of the Planet of the Apes)

📜 Historical events on this date

1009

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

1685

French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.

1867

US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.

1931

American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.

1962

James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.

🎄 Holidays on October 18

National Pharmacy Technician Day

National Pharmacy Technician Day, celebrated on October 18, is a special day to appreciate the hardworking helpers in pharmacies who assist with everything from counting pills to helping customers, ensuring pharmacies run smoothly.

National Mashed Potato Day

National Mashed Potato Day, celebrated on October 18th in the United States, is a fun holiday for potato lovers to indulge in their favorite dish, with its origins a bit of a mystery, though some believe the Idaho Potato Commission started it to honor the beloved spud.

National Alaska Day

National Alaska Day, celebrated on October 18th, is a special day to appreciate Alaska, the biggest and most adventurous state that joined the United States.

🏆 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.

October 18, 1972 can be written as X-XVIII-MCMLXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for October 18, 1972
→ Day Index: 292nd day of 1972
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1972
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 27,443,536 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,353 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 209 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.4 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 646 🌔
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Marigold
→ Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
→ Spirit Animal: Raven
→ Power Color: Pink
→ 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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