Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, January 7, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Thursday How many days until my birthday ›
282 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
21 days
9 hours
17 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 › 7 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 27,014,400,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,320,320 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,945,036,800 times. You have taken about 2,836,512,000 steps. You have taken approximately 340,381,440 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on September 15, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1610
Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede.
1714
Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later).
1941
Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-shek open fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops.
1953
US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb.
1954
Georgetown-IBM experiment, 1st public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held at IBM's head office in New York.
1999
Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate.
Famous people with my birthday
1961
Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1936
Hunter Davies, Scottish-British journalist, author (The Beatles: The Authorised Biography), and broadcaster
1983
Brett Dalton, American actor (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
1950
Erin Gray, American actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
1957
Katie Couric, American journalist and author (Today)
1976
Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model
1960
David Marciano, American actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South)
1967
Irrfan Khan, Indian film producer and actor (Paan Singh Tomar, Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi)
Holidays on Sunday, January 7th
Harlem Globetrotter's Day
Harlem Globetrotters Day, celebrated every January 7th, honors the legendary basketball team known for breaking racial and gender barriers while entertaining millions with their incredible skills on the court.
I Am a Mentor Day
I Am a Mentor Day, celebrated on January 7, is a day to appreciate and recognize the cool adults and guides who help young people like you find their way to awesome careers and positive lives.
National Pass Gas Day
National Pass Gas Day, celebrated on January 7th, is a humorous holiday that encourages everyone to freely release gas from their bodies without embarrassment, highlighting a natural, yet often funny bodily function.
National Bobblehead Day
National Bobblehead Day, celebrated on January 7, is a fun holiday to appreciate and enjoy bobblehead figures of famous people without feeling embarrassed, recognizing that these amusing dolls have been around for centuries.
Orthodox Christmas Day
Orthodox Christmas Day, celebrated on January 7th, is when Orthodox Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ with traditions like attending church and burning frankincense, based on an older calendar system.