May 8, 1979

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, May 8, 1979:

🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 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 › "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb

🐐 Chinese Zodiac › Goat
☀️ Sun Sign › Taurus
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Beaver

🔢 Life Path Number › 3
🌼 Birth flower › Lily of the valley
🪨 Birthstone › Emerald
📅 Lucky day › Friday
Power Color › Green

Gas price per gallon › $0.86





🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,296,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 402,328,800 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,893,312,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,761,080,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 331,329,600 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 14, 2011.


What happened on my birthday

1660
English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.

1835
1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.

1902
Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.

1945
V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.

1980
World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated.

2007
A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) as Deputy First Minister.


Famous people with my birthday

1978
Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer, rapper, and dancer (HOT; JTL), and actor

1971
Chris Wolf, American actor and musician (Guys Next Door - "I've Been Waiting for You")

1915
John Archer [Ralph Bowman], American actor (Destination: Moon, White Heat, Blue Hawaii)

1913
Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character and comedy actor (Hancock's Half Hour, Carry On)

1948
Maurizio Nichetti, Italian screenwriter, director and actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)

1908
Laura Liddell, English actress (Shakespeare Wallah)

1982
Anthony Roth Costanzo, American operatic countertenor (Akhnaten), actor, and educator

1919
Lex Barker, American actor (Tarzan of the Apes; Treasure of the Silver Lake)


Holidays on Tuesday, May 8th

National Women's Checkup Day
National Women's Checkup Day is a day dedicated to reminding women to take care of their health by going for regular medical checkups, celebrated the Monday after Mother's Day each May.

National Coconut Cream Pie Day
National Coconut Cream Pie Day, celebrated on May 8, is a holiday that honors the deliciousness of coconut cream pie, a creamy and custardy dessert perfect for the start of warmer weather, encouraging everyone to enjoy a slice of this heavenly treat.

White Lotus Day
White Lotus Day is a special day on May 8th where people who follow Theosophy remember the life of Helena Blavatsky, one of their founders, by celebrating with white lotuses, symbolizing her influence and the spread of Eastern spiritual ideas in the West.

National Women's Check-up Day
National Women's Check-up Day, observed on the second Monday in May, encourages women to get regular medical check-ups to catch any health issues early and maintain a healthier life.

National Have a Coke Day
National Have a Coke Day, celebrated on May 8, is a day inspired by a famous 1971 Coke commercial that combines the themes of peace, harmony, and the enjoyment of Coca-Cola, reflecting the spirit of the "flower power" era.

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