Date:August 12, 1979

August 12, 1979

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Sunday, August 12, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 334,978,560 breaths and experienced over 1,914,163,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 406,759,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 5 months, and 26 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌖 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 15.17 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Good Times" by Chic (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 12 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 1 ?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 12th

1940
Michael Brunson, English journalist, newscaster and actor (Never Say Die)

1973
Grey DeLisle, American country singer-songwriter, autoharp player, voice actress (The Fairly OddParents; The Loud House), and comedienne

1949
Mark Knopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist , and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride)

1982
River Butcher, American stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster

1969
Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor

1954
Sam J. Jones [Samuel Gerald], American actor (Flash Gordon, Code Red)

1936
Geoff Hamilton, English gardener and journalist (BBC Gardener's World)

1968
Andras Jones, American actor


📜 Historical events on this date

1121
Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

1480
Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.

1851
American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine.

1908
Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car.

1981
IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0).


🎄 Holidays on August 12

National Julienne Fries Day
National Julienne Fries Day, celebrated on August 12, is a day to enjoy matchstick-thin, crispy fries by visiting your favorite restaurant to savor this elegant twist on regular fries.

National Middle Child Day
National Middle Child Day is a special day to celebrate and appreciate the unique qualities and contributions of middle children, who are often thought to get less attention in their families.

Garage Sale Day
Garage Sale Day, celebrated on the second Saturday of August, is a day to explore and buy from local garage sales, where you can find a variety of useful and unique items at potentially low prices, or even host your own sale to declutter and earn some cash.


🏆 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 12, 1979 can be written as VIII-XII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 12, 1979
Day Index: 224th day of 1979
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 2nd Sunday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,928,375 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,539 days
Months spent sleeping: 182 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.17 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 563 🌖
Life path number: 1
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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