23rd of December, 1972

Here are some facts about this particular date:

What Day: The 23rd of December, 1972, fell on a Saturday.
This date fell on a weekend.
On this exact date: The survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued.
Decade: 1970s.
45 years, 7 months and 29 days have passed since the 23rd of December, 1972.
Week Number: This date occurred during Week 51 of 1972.

Day 358 of 1972.
Leap Year: 1972 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Capricorn.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1972 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
Native American Zodiac: The 23rd of December, 1972 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Age: Anyone born on the 23rd of December, 1972, will be 45 years of age.
American Format: 12-23-1972 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
YMD Format: 1972-12-23. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19721223" are easier to sort.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 93916800.

Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 23rd of December, 1972:

United States: Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
United Kingdom: My Ding-a-ling - Chuck Berry

US President

Who was the US President on this particular date?

Richard Nixon was the President of the United States on the 23rd of December, 1972.

Conception Dates

Interesting facts about conception dates.

A baby that was born on the 23rd of December, 1972 was probably conceived around the 15th of March, 1972. (Rough Estimate).
The due date for a baby that was conceived on the 23rd of December, 1972 is the 2nd of October, 1973. (Rough Estimate).

Around This Time...

Things that happened during this general period of time...

29th of November, 1972: The game Pong is released.
7th of December, 1972: Jean McConville is kidnapped by the Provisional IRA in Belfast.
29th of December, 1972: 101 people are killed when Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes in Florida.
31st of December, 1972: Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash.
5th of January, 1973: Aerosmith release their first album.
7th of January, 1973: 23-year-old Mark Essex shoots and kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in New Orleans.
22nd of January, 1973: Former US President Lyndon B. Johnson passes away.

On This Date

Historical events that have occurred on the 23rd of December:

23rd of December, 1970: The North Tower of the World Trade Center is topped, making it the tallest building in the world.
23rd of December, 1996: French movie producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is murdered in Ireland.
23rd of December, 1987: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) is released.
23rd of December, 1992: Scent of a Woman (1992) is released.
23rd of December, 1994: The movie Street Fighter (1994), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, is released in cinemas.
23rd of December, 2005: The movie Munich (2005) is released.

Television

TV shows that you might have been watching around this time.

M*A*S*H - TV series about an American military medical unit during the Korean War.
Maude - Sitcom starring Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay. Spin-off of All in the Family.
Emergency! - TV series about a fire department in LA.

Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 23rd of December:

23rd of December, 1964: Eddie Vedder: Musician.
23rd of December, 1978: Estella Warren: Actress.

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Videos

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Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about the 23rd of December, 1972.

16,677 days have passed since this date.
1,440,889,200 seconds have passed since the 23rd of December, 1972.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,681,037,400 times.
Since the 23rd of December, 1972, earth has travelled approximately 743,498,827,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 240,148,200 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 123,916,471 steps. That's about 55,074 miles!
Since this date, 17,290,670 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

Translations

Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Saturday" in other languages is:

German: Samstag.
French: Samedi.
Italian: Sabato.
Spanish: Sabado.
Portuguese: Sabado.

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