Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, January 4, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Monday How many days until my birthday ›
279 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
24 days
9 hours
34 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Capricorn Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Saturn ♄ Spirit Animal › Goose
Life Path Number › 4 Birth flower › Carnation Birthstone › Garnet Lucky day › Saturday ⬤Power Color › Grey
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,019,200,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,393,760 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,945,382,400 times. You have taken about 2,837,016,000 steps. You have taken approximately 340,441,920 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 12, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1847
Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1865
New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St, near Wall Street in New York City.
1959
Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity.
1961
Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers' assistants end a 33 year strike.
2007
The 110th United States Congress convenes and elects Nancy Pelosi as the 1st female Speaker of the House.
Famous people with my birthday
2002
Tunisha Sharma, Indian actress (Alibaba - Dastaan-e-Kabul)
1996
Emma Mackey, French-British actress (Maeve Wiley-Sex Education; Death on the Nile; Emily)
2003
Jaeden Martell, American actor (Bill Denbrough-It; Knives Out)
1963
Dave Foley, actor and comedian (Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson on NewsRadio)
1965
Julia Ormond, English actress (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall)
1958
Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist
1982
Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress
2000
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress
Holidays on Thursday, January 4th
Tom Thumb Day
Tom Thumb Day, celebrated on January 4th, honors Charles Sherwood Stratton, a famous dwarf actor who overcame societal stigmas and achieved international fame, inspiring others and leaving a significant mark on the entertainment world.
Free Flower Basket Day
Free Flower Basket Day, celebrated on January 4th, is all about making someone's day brighter by giving them a beautiful basket of flowers for free, just to show you care.
Weigh-In Day
Weigh-In Day, on January 4th, is a day to step on the scale after the holiday season to see how it has affected our weight, encouraging us to start working on our fitness and health goals for the new year.
National Spaghetti Day
National Spaghetti Day, celebrated on January 4th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy eating spaghetti, a popular noodle dish, regardless of its mysterious history.
Dimpled Chad Day
Dimpled Chad Day, celebrated on January 4th, remembers the infamous 2000 presidential election issue where tiny, not fully punched-out paper pieces from ballots, called "dimpled chads," caused massive confusion and controversy.