Birthday profile

Michelle Brogan

Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player

Born
February 8, 1973
Age in 2026
53
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1973

About Michelle Brogan

Michelle Brogan (born 8 February 1973) is an Australian former basketball player who won the bronze medal with the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Four years later she was on the side that claimed the silver medal in Sydney, Australia, when she was known as Michelle Griffiths. She attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1988–1990. Michelle Brogan is the older sister of former National Basketball league player and AFL player Dean Brogan. Brogan's son, Bailey Griffiths, played for South Adelaide in the SANFL. Her son, Che, played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.

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The world when Michelle Brogan was born

Michelle Brogan was born in 1973. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1973

  • #1 song"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando & Dawn
  • Top movieThe Sting
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookGravity's Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSecretariat wins the Triple Crown with a record Belmont Stakes
  • Top headlineOPEC oil embargo triggers global energy crisis
  • Technology milestoneFirst mobile phone call (Martin Cooper, Motorola)
  • Defining fadPlatform shoes
  • Notable inventionMobile phone (Motorola prototype)
  • World population3.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonNew York Knicks (NBA)
  • U.S. population211.9M

1973 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Michelle Brogan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19732026
Gas$0.39$3.45/gal
Average home$22,100$435,000
Average income$13,500$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.77$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population211.9M341 million

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