What are the important events that happened on July 5, 1973? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 5, 1973: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 5, 1973 is the 186th day of the year 1973 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 179 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 22, 1973 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,844,640 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 ‘hectaoctacontahexagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Quarter every day starting at age 3, then by now that person has accumulated $4,364.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Ox 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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July 5, 1973 Historical Events
- 1973 –Catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane is being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, kills 11 firefighters.
Who were born on July 5, 1973?
- 1973 –Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
- 1973 –Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer
- 1973 –Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter (Moloko)
- 1973 –René Spies, German bobsledder
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