Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, May 23, 1979:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Saturday How many days until my birthday ›
45 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
10 months
15 days
9 hours
57 minutes
Number one movie › Kramer vs. Kramer Number one video game › Asteroids Number one song › "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb
Chinese Zodiac › Goat Sun Sign › Gemini Zodiac Element › Air Zodiac Quality › Mutable Ruling Planet › Mercury ☿ Spirit Animal › Deer
Life Path Number › 9 Birth flower › Lily of the valley Birthstone › Emerald Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Yellow
Gas price per gallon › $0.86
President of United States › World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 26,809,600,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 410,186,880 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,930,291,200 times. You have taken about 2,815,008,000 steps. You have taken about 337,800,960 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 29, 2011.
What happened on my birthday
1618
Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.
1785
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
1813
South American independence leader Simón Bolivar enters Merida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
1949
Federal Republic of [West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones.
1958
Mao Zedong starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China.
1998
The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
Famous people with my birthday
1978
Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
1900
Ralph Dunn, American actor (Mr Rudge-Norby)
1882
James Gleason, American writer and actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
1928
Jeannie Carson [Shufflebottom], British-born comedian, actress, singer and dancer (As Long as They're Happy; An Alligator Named Daisy)
1968
Guinevere Turner, American actress
1903
Walter Reisch, Austrian-American director and screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
1952
Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
1999
James Charles [Dickinson], American internet personality and model (Cover Girl)
Holidays on Wednesday, May 23rd
National Taffy Day
National Taffy Day, celebrated on May 23, is all about enjoying and appreciating the sweet, chewy candy known as taffy, which became famous as "saltwater taffy" after a candy shop's supply was flooded with ocean water in the 1880s.
National Lucky Penny Day
National Lucky Penny Day, celebrated on May 23rd in the United States, is all about hoping to find a penny lying around because it's said to bring you extra good luck if you do!
National Drinking with Chickens Day
National Drinking with Chickens Day, celebrated on May 23, is a fun holiday started by Kate Richards where people make fresh, garden-inspired drinks and enjoy them outside with chickens, celebrating a unique and happy farm-to-glass experience.
National Medical Coder Day
National Medical Coder Day, celebrated every May 23, is a day to appreciate the people who organize and classify health information, making sure doctors and hospitals get paid and helping keep our healthcare system running smoothly.