Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, April 9, 1979:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 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 › "What a Fool Believes" by Doobie Brothers
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 3
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.86
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,665,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 407,983,680 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,919,923,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,799,888,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 335,986,560 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 16, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1483
Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower").
1731
British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain.
1768
John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
1865
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War).
1869
Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.
1992
John Major elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his Conservative Party wins the most votes in British electoral history.
2003
Baghdad falls to U.S. forces ending the invasion of Iraqi but resulting in widespread looting.
Famous people with my birthday
1970
Josh Todd [Gruber], American musician, singer (Buckcherry), and actor
1935
Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials)
1936
Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 1983-93)
1933
Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars)
1941
Chu Song-woong, South Korean stage actor
1979
Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth)
1937
Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie)
1965
Jeff Zucker, American television executive (CEO of NBC Universal)
Holidays on Monday, April 9th
Appomattox Day
Appomattox Day, observed every April 9th in the United States, marks the end of the Civil War in 1865 when General Lee surrendered to General Grant, effectively ending the conflict.
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day, celebrated on April 9, is a day to enjoy crunchy, almond-flavored cookies that are believed to bring good luck, often made with special designs and traditionally associated with Chinese New Year.
National Name Yourself Day
National Name Yourself Day, celebrated on April 9, encourages people to choose a new name for a day, exploring the idea that our names can influence our personality and how others perceive us, inspired by the "Dorian Gray effect" from Oscar Wilde's novel where a character's appearance changes based on his actions and morality.
National Former Prisoner Of War Recognition Day
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, observed every April 9, honors the bravery of soldiers who were captured during wars, reminding us of their sacrifice and the importance of treating all POWs with respect and dignity.
National Mature Women's Day
National Mature Women's Day, celebrated on April 9th, is a special day to honor and celebrate the older, wise, and confident women in our lives, encouraging them to embrace self-love and a positive view on aging.
