August 1st, 1973

Born on August 1st, 1973

Weekday

Wednesday

August 1st, 1973 was a Wednesday.

Age

People born on August 1st, 1973 will turn 53 this year (2026), in exactly 58 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1973 - August 23rd, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 700 days, exactly on May 4th, 2028, people who were born on August 1st, 1973 will be 20,000 days old!

19,300 Days

2,757 Weeks

634 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on August 1st, 1973: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

15 more years of work

You have already worked for 32 years so far and have still 15 years of hard work to come until you can retire in 2041 at the age of 67.

What happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

August 1st, 1801

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Born on August 1st, 1973

Same year
Born in 1973

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

Niels Annen

German politician (SPD)

*April 6th, 1973, Eimsbüttel

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

Pharrell Williams

American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and singer

*April 5th, 1973, Virginia Beach

Seth MacFarlane

American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)

*October 26th, 1973, Kent

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center

Rachel Maddow

American television news host and political commentator

*April 1st, 1973, Castro Valley

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

Guillaume Canet

French actor, film director, and screenwriter

*April 10th, 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt

Chris Webber

American basketball player

*March 1st, 1973, Detroit

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day

Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Day

Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan

Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empireen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados

Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh

Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas

Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachamama_Raymi