Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, January 8, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Friday How many days until my birthday ›
281 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
22 days
16 hours
47 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Capricorn Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄ Spirit Animal › Goose
Life Path Number › 8 Birth flower › Carnation Birthstone › Garnet Lucky day › Saturday ⬤Power Color › Grey
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,016,000,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,344,800 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,945,152,000 times. You have taken about 2,836,680,000 steps. You have taken about 340,401,600 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 16, 2010.
1st US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address.
1835
US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history.
1912
Chiefs, representatives of people's and church organisations, and other prominent individuals form the African National Congress and declare its aim to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms.
1916
WWI: ANZAC forces withdraw from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople.
1926
Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz; forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Famous people with my birthday
1923
Giorgio Tozzi, American operatic bass (dubbed vocals of Emile de Becque for "South Pacific" film)
1979
Sarah Polley, Canadian filmmaker and actress (Sweet Hereafter, Women Talking)
1948
Gillies Mackinnon, Scottish film director and writer (Playboys)
1920
Douglas Wilmer, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, El Cid)
1941
Graham Chapman, English comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
1980
Rachel Nichols, American actress
1928
May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny; Noah's Ark), and real estate agent
1951
John McTiernan, American actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
Holidays on Monday, January 8th
National Man Watcher's Day
National Man Watcher's Day, celebrated on January 8th, is a quirky holiday where anyone can have fun watching men go about their daily lives, flipping the usual script of women often being the ones observed.
National English Toffee Day
National English Toffee Day, celebrated on January 8th, is all about appreciating the delicious variety of toffee in America, which is a bit different from the original English version but still super tasty, with or without nuts.
National Winter Skin Relief Day
National Winter Skin Relief Day, celebrated on January 8th, is a day to remember to take extra care of our skin during the cold winter months, because our skin can get really dry and needs more attention to stay healthy.
War on Poverty Day
War on Poverty Day is a day to remember how President Johnson's laws in 1964 aimed to help people get better jobs, education, and healthcare to fight poverty, reminding us that many people still struggle to afford basic needs.
National Sunday Supper Day
National Sunday Supper Day, celebrated on the second Sunday in January, is about families making time to eat together, aiming to strengthen bonds by bringing back the tradition of shared meals.
Born into › Generation X
Next birthday will be on › Friday
How many days until my birthday ›
281 days
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer
Number one video game › Asteroids
Number one song › "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees
Chinese Zodiac › Goat
Sun Sign › Capricorn
Zodiac Element › Earth
Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄
Spirit Animal › Goose 
Life Path Number › 8
Birth flower › Carnation
Birthstone › Garnet
Lucky day › Saturday
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › 
You’ve traveled over 27,016,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 16, 2010.