Did you know that December 21, 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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Countdown to Your 54th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 53rd birthday on Sunday. How was your 53rd birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
Did you know that people born on December 21
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 362 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 54 years old. There have been 19361 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6454 days, which is equivalent to 17.68 years. You spent 33.36% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 54 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 56 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 57 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 58 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 59 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 60 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 61 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 62 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 63 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on December 21

People born on 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 December 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998) |
| 1946 | Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2014) |
| 1948 | Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988-95) |
| 1948 | Dave Kingman, American baseball player |
| 1948 | Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer |
| 1949 | Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician |
| 1949 | Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (d. 1987) |
| 1950 | Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation |
| 1950 | Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
Did you know that on December 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 72 | Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint (b. 1 AD) |
| 882 | Hincmar, French archbishop and historian (b. 806) |
| 956 | Sun Sheng, Chinese chancellor |
| 975 | Al-Mu'izz, Fatimid caliph (b. 932) |
| 1001 | Hugh of Tuscany, Italian margrave (b. 950) |
| 1215 | Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism (b. c. 1128) |
| 1308 | Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1244) |
| 1338 | Thomas Hemenhale, bishop of Worcester |
| 1362 | Constantine III, king of Armenia (b. 1313) |
| 1375 | Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 21
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1861 | Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. |
| 1872 | Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England. |
| 1879 | World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 1883 | The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed. |
| 1891 | James Naismith, a Canadian-American gym teacher at Springfield College, publishes the first rules for the game now known as basketball and brings it to his class, which then plays the first game of basketball. |
| 1907 | The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile. |
| 1910 | An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners. |
| 1913 | Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World. |
| 1919 | American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia. |
| 1923 | United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816. |
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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