Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, August 15, 1979:
🕰️ 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 › Kramer vs. Kramer
🎮 Number one video game › Asteroids
🎵 Number one song › "Good Times" by Chic
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 4
🌼 Birth flower › Gladiolus
🪨 Birthstone › Peridot and Sardonyx
📅 Lucky day › Sunday ⬤Power Color › Orange
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.86
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,459,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 404,825,760 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,905,062,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,778,216,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 333,385,920 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 23, 2011.
What happened on my birthday
1461
Empire of Trebizond surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmet II - last Byzantine Empire remnant to fall. Emperor David exiled and later murdered.
1620
Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims.
1900
The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion.
1947
India gains independence from Great Britain, remains a dominion until 1950.
1998
Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles, kills 29 people and injures about 220.
Famous people with my birthday
1957
Zeljko Ivanek, Slovenian-Croatian-American actor (Damages)
1919
Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster
1980
Nathalie Press, English actress (Wasp)
1933
Lori Nelson, American actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire)
1949
Ann Ryerson, American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin)
1947
Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman
1928
Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and director (Aria, Eureka)
1845
Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott)
Holidays on Wednesday, August 15th
National Leathercraft Day
National Leathercraft Day, celebrated on August 15th, is a special day to appreciate and celebrate the skill and creativity involved in making things out of leather, from wallets to belts, recognizing this ancient craft's history and the artists who keep it alive today.
National Relaxation Day
National Relaxation Day, celebrated on August 15, is a day to take it easy and do things that help you chill out, reminding us that it's okay to take a break and relax despite our busy lives.
National Back To School Prep Day
National Back to School Prep Day, celebrated on August 15, is all about getting excited and ready for the new school year by making sure you have all your supplies and study area set up.
Check the Chip Day
"Check the Chip Day" is a day to remind pet owners to make sure their pets' microchips are updated, helping lost pets find their way home.
No Sponge Bob Day
No SpongeBob Day is a fictional holiday from the SpongeBob SquarePants show where everyone in Bikini Bottom takes a break from SpongeBob by celebrating without him, even making and burning a SpongeBob statue in a parody of the Burning Man festival.
