Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Saturday, April 9, 1988:
🕰️ Born into › Millennials Generation
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Rain Man
🎮 Number one video game › Super Mario Bros. 3
🎵 Number one song › "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean
🐉 Chinese Zodiac › Dragon
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 3
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.9
🍞 Bread price per pound › $0.61
🥛 Milk price per gallon › $2.3
🥚 Eggs price per dozen › $0.79
🍌 Bananas price per pound › $0.42
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 21,403,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 327,468,960 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,541,030,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,247,336,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 269,680,320 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 17, 2019.
What happened on my birthday
1483
Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower").
1731
British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain.
1768
John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
1865
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War).
1869
Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.
1992
John Major elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history.
2003
Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.
Famous people with my birthday
1963
Joe Scarborough, American television personality
1987
Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer
1984
Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer
1932
Cheetah [Cheeta, Cheta, Chita], chimpanzee actor (1930s Tarzan franchise), is born
1942
(Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud)
1982
Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman)
1939
Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse)
1965
Jeff Zucker, American television executive (CEO of NBC Universal)
Holidays on Saturday, April 9th
National Name Yourself Day
National Name Yourself Day, celebrated on April 9, encourages people to choose a new name for a day, exploring the idea that our names can influence our personality and how others perceive us, inspired by the "Dorian Gray effect" from Oscar Wilde's novel where a character's appearance changes based on his actions and morality.
Appomattox Day
Appomattox Day, observed every April 9th in the United States, marks the end of the Civil War in 1865 when General Lee surrendered to General Grant, effectively ending the conflict.
National Former Prisoner Of War Recognition Day
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, observed every April 9, honors the bravery of soldiers who were captured during wars, reminding us of their sacrifice and the importance of treating all POWs with respect and dignity.
Orthodox Palm Sunday
Orthodox Palm Sunday is a special day that celebrates when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem and people welcomed him by laying palm branches on the ground, marking the start of the week leading up to Easter.
National Gin and Tonic Day
National Gin and Tonic Day, celebrated every April 9th, is a day to appreciate the iconic drink combination of gin and tonic water, much like how we enjoy other perfect pairings like peanut butter and jelly.
