Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, January 16, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Saturday How many days until my birthday ›
288 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
16 days
1 hour
5 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Le Freak" by Chic
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Capricorn Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄ Spirit Animal › Goose
Life Path Number › 7 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 27,004,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,173,440 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,944,345,600 times. You have taken about 2,835,504,000 steps. You have taken about 340,260,480 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 24, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1412
The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
1547
Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Moscow.
1605
The first edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1793
French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution.
1913
British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening).
1920
1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris.
Famous people with my birthday
1931
Vladimír Škutina, Czechoslovakian writer and actor (Hvezda jede na jih)
1908
Ralph Cooper, American master-of-ceremonies (creator of Amateur Night at the Apollo), actor, dancer, and choreographer
1975
Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1957
Ricardo Darin, Argentine director and actor (The Secret in Their Eyes)
1956
Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
1973
Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge, Two and a Half Men)
1972
Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor (How to Be a Serial Killer)
1942
René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L'apparition), and husband of Céline Dion
Holidays on Tuesday, January 16th
National Without a Scalpel Day
National Without a Scalpel Day, celebrated every January 16th, marks the anniversary of a groundbreaking medical procedure that unblocked arteries without needing big cuts, highlighting how surgeries can now be safer and less scary with advanced techniques.
National Quinoa Day
National Quinoa Day, celebrated on January 16th, is a day to appreciate the superfood quinoa for its high nutritional value and potential to combat global hunger.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the third Monday of January each year, to honor the civil rights leader's birthday and his contributions to achieving equality and justice for all Americans through nonviolent activism.
National Religious Freedom Day
National Religious Freedom Day, celebrated on January 16th, is a day to remember and advocate for everyone's right to follow their own religion without facing discrimination or violence.
National Good Teen Day
National Good Teen Day, celebrated every January 16th, is a day to appreciate and cheer on teenagers for the hard work they put into growing up and finding out who they are.