Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, April 4, 1979:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 7
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.86
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,345,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 403,087,680 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,896,883,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,766,288,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 331,954,560 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 11, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1581
Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard Golden Hind at Deptford.
1655
Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates.
1789
1st US Congress begins regular sessions during George Washington's presidency at Federal Hall, NYC (ending 1791).
1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
1968
US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1973
World Trade Center, then the world's tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories).
1975
Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800.
Famous people with my birthday
1968
Jennifer Lynch, American film director, screenwriter and author of The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
1992
Alexa Nikolas, American actress (Zoey 101)
1957
Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director (The Other Side of Hope)
1984
Carolina Gaitán, Colombian actress (Encanto)
1970
Barry Pepper, Canadian actor (The Kennedys)
1948
Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor (Charlie Fairhead - Casualty)
1987
Devon Anderson, English actor (EastEnders)
1947
James Hazeldine, British stage and screen actor (London's Burning)
Holidays on Wednesday, April 4th
National Hug a Newsperson Day
National Hug a Newsperson Day, celebrated on April 4th, is a day to show appreciation and gratitude towards journalists and newscasters, like Anderson Cooper or the weatherman who flawlessly pronounced Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, by giving them a hug, even if it's just hugging your TV in their honor.
Victims of Violence Wholly Day
"Victims of Violence Wholly Day is a day observed every April 4th to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and others who fought against segregation and violence, promoting equality and a more inclusive society."
404 Day
404 Day, celebrated on April 4th, aims to shine a light on how public schools and libraries often block access to many websites, limiting what kids can learn and discover online, as part of an effort to keep the internet safe but also highlighting the need for better solutions.
National Cordon Bleu Day
National Cordon Bleu Day, celebrated every April 4th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the delicious dish made of meat wrapped around cheese and ham, then breaded and cooked, which has become a favorite around the world.
National Walk Around Things Day
National Walk Around Things Day, celebrated on April 4th, is a fun holiday that encourages us to creatively avoid problems by literally or metaphorically walking around them, reminding us it's okay not to face every issue head-on.
