Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, February 8, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Monday How many days until my birthday ›
326 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
1 month
7 days
19 hours
34 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Aquarius Zodiac Element › Air Zodiac Quality › Fixed Ruling Planet › Uranus ♅ Spirit Animal › Otter
Life Path Number › 9 Birth flower › Violet Birthstone › Amethyst Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Blue
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 26,944,000,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 412,243,200 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,939,968,000 times. You have taken about 2,829,120,000 steps. You have taken approximately 339,494,400 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on October 17, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1672
Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London.
1807
Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and Russian Empire - 1st battle Napoleon isn't victorious.
1960
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
1971
Nasdaq Composite stock market index debuts with 50 companies and a starting value of 100.
Famous people with my birthday
1979
Deng Chao, Chinese actor (The Mermaid, The Dead End)
1950
Cristina Ferrare, American supermodel and actress
1943
Creed Bratton [William Schneider], American rock guitarist (Grass Roots - "Sooner or Later"), and actor (The Office)
1922
Audrey Meadows [Cotter], American actress (The Honeymooners - "Alice Kramden"; The Jackie Gleason Show)
1982
Danny Tamberelli, American actor, comedian, and musician
1983
Jim Verraros, American pop singer (American Idol, 2002)
1958
"Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF)
1949
Brooke Adams, American actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
Holidays on Thursday, February 8th
Molasses Bar Day
Molasses Bar Day, celebrated on February 8th, is a day to enjoy and discover the sweet, rich flavor of molasses, a thick syrup made from sugarcane or sugar beets, often used as a healthier sugar substitute in cooking and baking.
Laugh and Get Rich Day
Laugh and Get Rich Day, celebrated on February 8th, is about enjoying laughter's health benefits and how a good chuckle can make us happier, healthier, and potentially more successful at work.
National Kite-Flying Day
National Kite-Flying Day is a fun holiday on February 8th where you get to run around with a kite and hope for lots of wind to make it fly high!
Opera Day
Opera Day, celebrated every February 8, is all about appreciating a unique art form that blends music, singing, acting, and costumes to tell a story in a dramatic and often grand way.
National Iowa Day
National Iowa Day, celebrated on February 8, honors the state of Iowa for its beautiful landscapes, smart people, and contributions to American culture and history, including its origin with the Iowa Native Americans and its settlement in the 1830s.