Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, August 8, 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 › "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 6
🌼 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 26,470,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 404,997,120 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,905,868,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,779,392,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 333,527,040 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 16, 2011.
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
1981
Kaori Iida, Japanese pop singer and actress (Morning Musume; Dream Morning Musume)
1987
Katie Leung, Scottish actress (Harry Potter love interest)
1970
Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor (The Eight Day)
1986
Peyton List, American model and actress (As The World Turns, 2001-05 - "Lucy"; Mad Men)
1977
Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1951
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
1948
Floyd Reese, American football administrator (GM Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans 1994-2006) and analyst (ESPN's NFL Live, ESPN.com)
1942
Henery Hawk [misspelled as Henry], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "The Squawkin' Hawk"
Holidays on Wednesday, August 8th
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.
National CBD Day
National CBD Day, celebrated every August 8th, is a day to learn about and appreciate CBD, a substance from hemp plants that can help with things like pain, anxiety, and even moving or thinking better.
National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, celebrated on August 8, is a fun holiday where people anonymously leave zucchinis on their neighbors' doorsteps to share the abundance from their gardens.
Digital Nomad Day
Digital Nomad Day is a day to celebrate people who work online and travel the world, showing that you can explore new places and still make a living from your laptop.
National Mochi Day
National Mochi Day, celebrated on August 8, is all about enjoying and appreciating mochi, a sweet and sticky Japanese rice cake that comes in various shapes and can be combined with treats like ice cream for a delicious dessert.
