Funny Birthday Facts About May 20, 1972
Did you know that May 20, 1972 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 20, 1972?
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Countdown to Your 54th Birthday
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Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
19,381 Days
2,544 Weeks
636 Months
53 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
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 342 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 54 years old. There have been 19381 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6461 days, which is equivalent to 17.7 years. You spent 33.4% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 54 Years Old |
| 2027 | Thursday | 55 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 56 Years Old |
| 2029 | Sunday | 57 Years Old |
| 2030 | Monday | 58 Years Old |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 59 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 60 Years Old |
| 2033 | Friday | 61 Years Old |
| 2034 | Saturday | 62 Years Old |
| 2035 | Sunday | 63 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 20, 1972?
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Famous People Born on May 20
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 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1315 | Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of John II of France (d. 1349) |
| 1470 | Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (d. 1547) |
| 1505 | Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (d. 1568) |
| 1531 | Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (d. 1584) |
| 1537 | Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (d. 1619) |
| 1575 | Robert Heath, English judge and politician (d. 1649) |
| 1664 | Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (d. 1714) |
| 1726 | Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (d. 1770) |
| 1759 | William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828) |
| 1769 | Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835) |
Famous People Died on May 20
Did you know that on May 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945) |
| 1973 | Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938) |
| 1975 | Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903) |
| 1976 | Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934) |
| 1976 | Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911) |
| 1976 | Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924) |
| 1989 | Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946) |
| 1989 | John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| 1995 | Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925) |
| 1996 | Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919) |
Historical Events on May 20
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 20
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1520 | Hernan Cortés defeats Pánfilo de Narváez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination. |
| 1521 | Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna. |
| 1570 | Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. |
| 1609 | Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe. |
| 1631 | The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War. |
| 1645 | Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing. |
| 1741 | The Battle of Cartagena de Indias ends in a Spanish victory and the British begin withdrawal towards Jamaica with substantial losses. |
| 1775 | The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 1802 | By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution. |
| 1813 | Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory. |
Popular Baby Name on May 20, 1972
In 1972, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 71,401 baby boys were named Michael in 1972. The rest were named Christopher, James, David and John. While the popular baby girl name in 1972 was Jennifer. There were 63,604 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1972 there were 3,851,650,588 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 320,970,883. This shows that there were 320,970,883 babies born every month in 1972. It can also be concluded that there are 10,699,030 babies born every day and 7,430 babies born every minute which is mean that 124 babies born every second in the year 1972. Maybe one of them is you.
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