Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, May 31, 1979:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 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 › "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Gemini
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Mutable
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mercury ☿
🐼 Spirit Animal › Deer
🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 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 26,585,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 406,759,680 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,914,163,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,791,488,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 334,978,560 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on February 6, 2011.
What happened on my birthday
1578
Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pave the streets of London.
1902
Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal.
1910
Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1916
Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645 in an inconclusive battle but strategic British victory. German fleet never puts to sea again in WWI.
1935
7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people.
1947
Communists seize power in Hungary.
1970
7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche.
Famous people with my birthday
1908
Dominic "Don" Ameche, American actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
1929
Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (The Bad and the Beautiful, Take the High Ground)
1945
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German filmmaker and director (Marriage of Maria Braum)
1955
Joe Longthorne, English singer, impressionist, and television presenter
1898
Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman, broadcaster (The Art Of Living), and author (The Power of Positive Thinking)
1977
Eric Christian Olsen, American actor (NCIS: Los Angeles)
1962
Sebastian Koch, German actor
1912
Dave O'Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid)
Holidays on Thursday, May 31st
Web Designer Day
Web Designer Day, celebrated every May 31, is a day to appreciate the creative and technical work of web designers who build and design the websites and pages we enjoy on the internet.
National Save Your Hearing Day
National Save Your Hearing Day, celebrated on May 31, is all about learning ways to protect your ears from loud noises to prevent hearing loss.
National Macaroon Day
National Macaroon Day, celebrated on May 31, is an American holiday honoring the sweet, coconut-based cookie, distinct from the almond flour-based French macaron, despite their similar origins and ingredients.
What You Think Upon Grows Day
What You Think Upon Grows Day, celebrated every May 31, is a day to focus on positive thinking and mental wellness, inspired by Norman Vincent Peale, a champion of the power of positive thoughts.
National Smile Day
National Smile Day, celebrated on May 31, is a fun holiday created by two dentists to remind everyone how awesome and powerful a healthy smile is, kicking off a whole month dedicated to smiling.
