Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, August 5, 1970:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Wednesday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Love Story
🎮 Number one video game ›
🎵 Number one song › "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by The Carpenters
🐕 Chinese Zodiac › Dog
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 3
🌼 Birth flower › Gladiolus
🪨 Birthstone › Peridot and Sardonyx
📅 Lucky day › Sunday ⬤Power Color › Orange
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.36
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 3,700,577,650 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 31,784,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 486,295,200 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 2,288,448,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 3,337,320,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 400,478,400 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 13, 2002.
What happened on my birthday
910
The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
1305
William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
1583
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown - first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire.
1716
Battle of Petrovaradin/Peterwardein: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory.
1864
Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" (US Civil War).
Famous people with my birthday
1937
Alan Howard, English theater and film actor (Royal Shakespeare Company)
1950
Holly Palance, American actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It)
1975
Antony Cotton, English actor (Coronation Street)
1981
Jesse Williams, American actor (Grey's Anatomy), director and activist
1976
Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor (Stairway to Heaven)
1961
[Julie] Tawny Kitaen, American actress (Bachelor Party; Whitesnake videos; Witchboard)
1983
Kara Tointon, English actress (EastEnders)
1965
Mark Labbett, English TV personality ('The Beast' on The Chaser)
Holidays on Wednesday, August 5th
National Underwear Day
National Underwear Day, celebrated on August 5, is a fun holiday that appreciates how underwear keeps us comfortable and confident, coming in all sorts of styles and colors to fit everyone's needs.
Blogger Day
Blogger Day, celebrated on August 5th, is a day to appreciate and recognize the platform Blogger, which has allowed countless people to share their thoughts, information, and passions with the world through blogging.
Sandcastle Day
Sandcastle Day, celebrated on the first Saturday in August, is a fun holiday that encourages everyone to enjoy building sandcastles at the beach, reminding us of the simple joys of summer and childhood.
National Twins Day
National Twins Day is a special weekend in August where twins celebrate their unique bond and differences with fun events just for them.
National Oyster Day
National Oyster Day, celebrated every year on August 5th, is a day dedicated to appreciating and enjoying oysters, a type of seafood that can be eaten in many delicious ways, from raw to boiled or even in soup.
