What happened this day in history December 21, 1972

What are the important events that happened on December 21, 1972? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 21, 1972: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 21, 1972 is the 356th day of the year 1972 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 8, 1972 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,562,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontahexagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a dollar every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $17,631.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Rat is the mythical animal and Water is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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Who were born on December 21, 1972?

  • 1972
    Claudia Poll, Costa Rican swimmer
  • 1972
    Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
  • 1972
    Erwin Schrott, Uruguayan opera singer
  • 1972
    Gloria De Piero, English journalist
  • 1972
    Latroy Hawkins, American baseball player
  • 1972
    Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Indian politician

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