Did you know that April 21, 1997 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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If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Monday, 21
Countdown to Your 29th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 28th birthday on Monday. How was your 28th 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 April 21
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 116 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 29 years old. There have been 10476 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3492 days, which is equivalent to 9.57 years. You spent 34.18% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 29 Years Old |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 30 Years Old |
| 2028 | Friday | 31 Years Old |
| 2029 | Saturday | 32 Years Old |
| 2030 | Sunday | 33 Years Old |
| 2031 | Monday | 34 Years Old |
| 2032 | Wednesday | 35 Years Old |
| 2033 | Thursday | 36 Years Old |
| 2034 | Friday | 37 Years Old |
| 2035 | Saturday | 38 Years Old |

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

If you were born on April 21, 1997, your birthstone is an incredible diamond. These gems form under immense pressure, about 100 miles below the Earth's surface. Then, deep volcanic eruptions eject them violently upward, at around 20 to 30 miles per hour. Here, humans eventually uncover them.
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 April 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004) |
| 1930 | Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989) |
| 1931 | Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (d. 2020) |
| 1932 | Angela Mortimer, English tennis player |
| 1932 | Elaine May, American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter |
| 1932 | Slide Hampton, African-American trombonist and composer (d. 2021) |
| 1933 | Easley Blackwood, Jr., American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2023) |
| 1933 | Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1933 | Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014) |
Did you know that on April 21
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1920) |
| 2010 | Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930) |
| 2011 | Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932) |
| 2013 | Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905) |
| 2013 | Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936) |
| 2014 | Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930) |
| 2016 | Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958) |
| 2017 | Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (b. 1972) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on April 21
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1963 | The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Baháʼí Faith. |
| 1964 | A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed. |
| 1965 | The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. |
| 1966 | Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. |
| 1967 | A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. |
| 1972 | Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing. |
| 1975 | Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls. |
| 1977 | Annie opens on Broadway. |
| 1982 | Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. |
| 1985 | The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. |
In 1997, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 37,549 baby boys were named Michael in 1997. The rest were named Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. While the popular baby girl name in 1997 was Emily. There were 25,734 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. 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 1997 there were 5,905,045,647 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 492,087,138. This shows that there were 492,087,138 babies born every month in 1997. It can also be concluded that there are 16,402,905 babies born every day and 11,391 babies born every minute which is mean that 190 babies born every second in the year 1997. Maybe one of them is you.
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