Date:August 11, 1979

August 11, 1979

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, August 11, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 334,998,720 breaths and experienced over 1,914,278,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 406,784,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 5 months, and 27 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 5,539 days of your life or 15.18 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 11 zodiac sign is Leo ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.


🔢 Your life path number is 9 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.


🪐 Your ruling planet is Sun


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.


🌷 The birth flower for August is Gladiolus ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.


📅 Your lucky day → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


Celebrities born on August 11th

1954
Lina Polito, actress (Love & Anarchy)

1958
Cordelia Gonzalez, actress (La Gran Fiesta)

1973
Nigel Harman, British actor (Eastenders)

1980
Merritt Wever, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Nurse Jackie - "Zoey"; Godless; Unbelievable)

1952
Ann Michelle, England, actress (Virigin Witch, Mistress Pamela)

1976
Will Friedle, American actor (Eric-Boy Meets World, Gift of Love)

1955
Norio Honaga, wrestler (NJPW)

1949
Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire)


📜 Historical events on this date

1945
Allies refuse Japan's offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status.

1954
Formal peace treaty ends over 7 yrs of fighting in Indochina between the French and the Communist Viet Minh.

1988
Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting between Osama bin Laden, Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan.

2003
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.


🎄 Holidays on August 11

National Presidential Joke Day
National Presidential Joke Day, celebrated on August 11, is a fun holiday where we laugh at jokes made by U.S. Presidents, showing that even the most powerful leaders can have a great sense of humor.

National Fufu Day
National Fufu Day, celebrated on August 11, is a special day to enjoy and appreciate fufu, a popular West African dish, especially during the region's rainy season which aligns with the traditional yam festival.

Shop Online for Groceries Day
Shop Online for Groceries Day, celebrated every second Friday in August, encourages us to buy our food online, a practice that's been around since before the internet, thanks to early pioneers like IBM.


🏆 Sports in 1979

🏒 NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1979 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 11, 1979 can be written as VIII-XI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 11, 1979
Day Index: 223rd day of 1979
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,928,521 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,539 days
Months spent sleeping: 182 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.18 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 563 🌖
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 1979: 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

The 1979 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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