May 8, 1974

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, May 8, 1974:

🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 How many days until my birthday

Countdown time to your next birthday:


🍿 Number one movie › Blazing Saddles
🎮 Number one video game › Maze War
🎵 Number one song › "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk Railroad

🐅 Chinese Zodiac › Tiger
☀️ Sun Sign › Taurus
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Beaver

🔢 Life Path Number › 7
🌼 Birth flower › Lily of the valley
🪨 Birthstone › Emerald
📅 Lucky day › Friday
Power Color › Green

Gas price per gallon › $0.53





🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 29,587,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 452,684,160 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,130,278,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,106,656,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 372,798,720 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 14, 2006.


What happened on my birthday

1660
English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.

1835
1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.

1902
Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.

1945
V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.

1980
World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated.

2007
A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) as Deputy First Minister.


Famous people with my birthday

1948
Maurizio Nichetti, Italian screenwriter, director and actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)

1915
John Archer [Ralph Bowman], American actor (Destination: Moon, White Heat, Blue Hawaii)

1980
Benny Yau, Canadian TV presenter (What's On)

1920
Saul Bass, American graphic designer of logos and film titles

1918
Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress, and singing voice for Rita Hayworth

1935
Salome Jens, American actress (From Here to Eternity (TV mini-series); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and dancer

1963
Terry Christian, British writer, radio and television presenter

1992
Olivia Culpo, American beauty queen (Miss Universe 2012) and social media influencer


Holidays on Wednesday, May 8th

National Women's Checkup Day
National Women's Checkup Day is a day dedicated to reminding women to take care of their health by going for regular medical checkups, celebrated the Monday after Mother's Day each May.

White Lotus Day
White Lotus Day is a special day on May 8th where people who follow Theosophy remember the life of Helena Blavatsky, one of their founders, by celebrating with white lotuses, symbolizing her influence and the spread of Eastern spiritual ideas in the West.

National Give Someone a Cupcake Day
National Give Someone a Cupcake Day, celebrated on May 8th, is a fun holiday where you make or buy cupcakes to share with friends, teachers, family, or anyone else you know, just to make their day a little sweeter.

National Student Nurse Day
National Student Nurse Day, celebrated on May 8, honors the hard work and dedication of nursing students as they prepare for a challenging yet rewarding career in healthcare.

National Have a Coke Day
National Have a Coke Day, celebrated on May 8, is a day inspired by a famous 1971 Coke commercial that combines the themes of peace, harmony, and the enjoyment of Coca-Cola, reflecting the spirit of the "flower power" era.

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