28 October 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Sunday, October 28, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 376,729,920 breaths and experienced over 2,152,742,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 457,457,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 1 month, and 29 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 6,229 days of your life or 17.07 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight and The Pips (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♏ October 28 zodiac sign is Scorpio ?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 Pluto ♇

🪨 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 → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Snake

⭐ Celebrities born on October 28th

1964

Griffin O'Neal, American actor (April Fools Day, Wraith)

1973

Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler

1967

John Romero, American video game designer (id Software)

1952

Annie Potts, American actress (Designing Women - "Mary Jo"; Any Day Now)

1941

John Hallam, British character actor

1984

Amanda Paige, American model and actress

1962

Daphne Zuniga, actress (Jo Reynolds-Melrose Place, Spaceballs)

1965

Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies)

📜 Historical events on this date

1492

Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name "Juana".

1538

The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola.

1746

Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die.

1904

St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints.

1919

Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1924

Miner M.de Bruin discovers the infant fossil skull, "Taung child" in a lime quarry in Taung, South Africa. Paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart identifies the fossil as a new hominin species, Australopithecus africanus.

🎄 Holidays on October 28

Frankenstein Friday

Frankenstein Friday is a cool day celebrated on the last Friday of October to remember the spooky story of Frankenstein and its creator, Mary Shelley, just in time for Halloween fun.

National Pharmacy Buyer Day

National Pharmacy Buyer Day is a special day to thank those who make sure pharmacies have all the medicines we need, celebrated on the last Friday of October.

National Immigrants Day

National Immigrants Day, celebrated on October 28th, is a day when the United States honors and celebrates the contributions of immigrants who have come from all around the world, enriching the country's diverse culture and traditions.

🏆 Sports in 1973

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 2) to win the 1973 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins (14 - 7) to win Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat New York Mets (4 - 3) to win the 1973 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1973 US Open Championships, John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

October 28, 1973 can be written as X-XXVIII-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for October 28, 1973
→ Day Index: 301st day of 1973
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,909,872 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,229 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 204 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.07 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 633 🌒
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Scorpio ♏
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Pluto
→ Birth flower: Marigold
→ Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
→ Spirit Animal: Snake
→ Power Color: Black
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1973: 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org

The 1973 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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