Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, February 8, 1979:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer
🎮 Number one video game › Asteroids
🎵 Number one song › "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Aquarius
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Uranus ♅
🐼 Spirit Animal › Otter
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Violet
🪨 Birthstone › Amethyst
📅 Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Blue
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.86
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,760,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 409,428,000 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,926,720,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,809,800,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 337,176,000 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on October 17, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1672
Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London.
1807
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and Russian Empire - 1st battle Napoleon isn't victorious.
1960
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
1971
Nasdaq Composite stock market index debuts with 50 companies and a starting value of 100.
Famous people with my birthday
1931
Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress (Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs), and singer
1961
Bruce Timm, American artist and TV Producer (DC Animated Universe)
Danny Tamberelli, American actor, comedian, and musician
1949
Brooke Adams, American actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
1989
Danielle Harmer, English actress (The Story of Tracey Beaker)
1967
Yuki Ishikawa, Japanese wrestler (NJPW)
1942
Robert Klein, American comedian and actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
Holidays on Thursday, February 8th
National Iowa Day
National Iowa Day, celebrated on February 8, honors the state of Iowa for its beautiful landscapes, smart people, and contributions to American culture and history, including its origin with the Iowa Native Americans and its settlement in the 1830s.
Opera Day
Opera Day, celebrated every February 8, is all about appreciating a unique art form that blends music, singing, acting, and costumes to tell a story in a dramatic and often grand way.
Molasses Bar Day
Molasses Bar Day, celebrated on February 8th, is a day to enjoy and discover the sweet, rich flavor of molasses, a thick syrup made from sugarcane or sugar beets, often used as a healthier sugar substitute in cooking and baking.
National Boy Scout Day
National Boy Scout Day, celebrated on February 8, honors the founding of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, recognizing young individuals who embody values like trustworthiness, kindness, and respect, inspired by a good deed from a British scout.
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day, celebrated on February 8th, is about enjoying laughter's health benefits and how a good chuckle can make us happier, healthier, and potentially more successful at work.
