Funny Birthday Facts About May 21, 1949
Did you know that May 21, 1949 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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What day were you born on May 21, 1949?
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Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
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Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 148 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 77 years old. There have been 27976 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 9326 days, which is equivalent to 25.55 years. You spent 33.62% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 77 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 78 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 79 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 80 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 81 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 82 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 83 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 84 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 85 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 86 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 21, 1949?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 21
If you were born on May 21, 1949, your birthstone is the emerald. Emerald birthstone has been a favorite of Cleopatra and King Solomon. It's believed to give both men control over the world, as well as the ability to see into the future. Some also claimed it could cure malaria and cholera, as well as protect against evil spells.
Famous People Born on May 21
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on May 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1963 | Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1964 | Danny Bailey, English footballer and coach |
| 1964 | Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer |
| 1966 | Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright |
| 1966 | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Belarusian hurdler |
| 1967 | Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007) |
| 1968 | Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1968 | Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1968 | Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower |
| 1969 | Brian Statham, Rhodesian born English footballer and manager |
Famous People Died on May 21
Did you know that on May 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) |
| 1940 | Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888) |
| 1949 | Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1906) |
| 1952 | John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1956 | Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877) |
| 1957 | Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889) |
| 1964 | James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882) |
| 1965 | Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882) |
| 1965 | Marguerite Bise, French chef (b. 1898) |
| 1968 | Doris Lloyd, English actress (b. 1896) |
Historical Events on May 21
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 21
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1924 | University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". |
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1932 | Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1934 | Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens. |
| 1936 | Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. |
| 1937 | A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. |
| 1939 | The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1946 | Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| 1951 | The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. |
| 1961 | American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. |
Popular Baby Name on May 21, 1949
In 1949, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 86,865 baby boys were named James in 1949. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Michael. While the popular baby girl name in 1949 was Linda. There were 91,019 baby girls named Linda that year. While the rest were named Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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