Funny Birthday Facts About May 21, 1973
Did you know that May 21, 1973 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, 1973?
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Countdown to Your 53rd Birthday
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What day was May 21, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 52nd birthday on Wednesday. How was your 52nd 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.
FYI: You are more than 19,000 days old
Did you know that people born on May 21
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
19,015 Days
2,496 Weeks
624 Months
52 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 343 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 53 years old. There have been 19015 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6339 days, which is equivalent to 17.37 years. You spent 33.4% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 53 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 54 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 55 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 56 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 57 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 58 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 59 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 60 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 61 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 62 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 21, 1973?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 21
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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 |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral and intelligence chief (d. 2014) |
| 1933 | Maurice André, French trumpet player (d. 2012) |
| 1933 | Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (d. 1993) |
| 1934 | Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1934 | Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader (d.2020) |
| 1934 | Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author (d. 2013) |
| 1935 | Terry Lightfoot, English clarinet player and bandleader (d. 2013) |
| 1936 | Günter Blobel, Polish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1938 | Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (d. 2011) |
| 1939 | Heinz Holliger, Swiss oboist, composer, and conductor |
Famous People Died on May 21
Did you know that on May 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1512 | Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452) |
| 1524 | Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1443) |
| 1542 | Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496) |
| 1563 | Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1510) |
| 1607 | John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549) |
| 1617 | Luis Fajardo, Spanish admiral and nobleman (b. c. 1556) |
| 1619 | Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (b. 1537) |
| 1639 | Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568) |
| 1647 | Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581) |
| 1650 | James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612) |
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, 1973
In 1973, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 67,842 baby boys were named Michael in 1973. The rest were named Christopher, Jason, James and David. While the popular baby girl name in 1973 was Jennifer. There were 62,446 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. 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 1973 there were 3,927,780,519 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 327,315,044. This shows that there were 327,315,044 babies born every month in 1973. It can also be concluded that there are 10,910,502 babies born every day and 7,577 babies born every minute which is mean that 127 babies born every second in the year 1973. Maybe one of them is you.
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