Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, August 8, 1974:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › "Feel Like Makin Love" by Roberta Flack
🐅 Chinese Zodiac › Tiger
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Gladiolus
🪨 Birthstone › Peridot and Sardonyx
📅 Lucky day › Sunday ⬤Power Color › Orange
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.53
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,003,448,151 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 29,444,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 450,505,440 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,120,025,600 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,091,704,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 371,004,480 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 16, 2006.
What happened on my birthday
1509
Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India.
US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the money unit for the United States.
1925
1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.
1945
USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea.
1974
US President Richard Nixon announces he will resign at 12pm the next day.
1988
Ceasefire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war.
Famous people with my birthday
1962
Suzee Pai, American actress (Big Trouble in Little China)
1948
Floyd Reese, American football administrator (GM Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2006) and analyst (ESPN's NFL Live, ESPN.com)
1938
Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], American actress (Hawaiian Eye - "Cricket"; Back to the Beach), and singer ("Sixteen Reasons")
1970
Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor (The Eight Day)
1977
Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1969
Dick Togo [Shigeki Sato], Japanese professional wrestler
1949
Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
1986
Peyton List, American model and actress (As The World Turns, 2001-05 - "Lucy"; Mad Men)
Holidays on Thursday, August 8th
National Pickleball Day
National Pickleball Day, celebrated on August 8, is a fun holiday dedicated to playing and promoting pickleball, a mix of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton, created to make the sport accessible to everyone.
National Tarantula Appreciation Day
National Tarantula Appreciation Day, celebrated on August 8th, is all about showing love for these often misunderstood, hairy spiders, highlighting their gentleness and the powerful symbolism they carry.
National Perler Day
National Perler Day, celebrated on August 8th, is a cool holiday where everyone gets to show off their creativity by making awesome designs with tiny, colorful beads that you arrange and then melt together with an iron.
Odie Day
Odie Day, celebrated on August 8th, honors the lovable but gullible dog from the "Garfield" cartoons, showcasing his growth and the quirky friendship he shares with Garfield, despite the pranks and teasing.
Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day
"Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day on August 8 is about celebrating your mom's legacy and love by wearing her jewelry, like necklaces or earrings, to honor her life and sacrifices."