August 8, 2006 facts
It was the 3rd Wednesday of 2006. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 8, 16, and 2006 reveal that your life path number is 5. Your zodiac sign is Leo with a ruling planet Sun, your birthstone is the Peridot and Sardonyx, and your birth flower is the Gladiolus. You are 17 old, and were born in the 2000s, in the middle of Generation Z. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ August 16, 2006 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 6,434 days ago
→ 2006 was the Year of the Dog
→ In 2024, August 16 is on Saturday
→ You are 19 years old in Korean Age

View must-know August 16, 2006 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 18 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Dog. Your birth sign is Leo, with a ruling planet Sun. On your birthday, the moon was in Last Quarter 🌗 phase, and there were precisely 218 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on April 24, 2038.

→ You’ve slept 2,145 days or 5.88 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Dog
→ You have been alive 154,422 hours
→ You are 9,265,350 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 18 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

August 16, 2006, was the 3rd Wednesday of that year. It was also the 228th day and 8th month of 2006 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2006 calendar will be in 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 18th birthday will be on a Thursday, and the birthday after that will be on a Saturday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and automatically updated.

Your next birthday is in:

Your next birthday is on a Thursday

You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 5.88 years of your life.
You’ve slept 70 month of your life.
You’ve slept 306 week of your life.
You’ve slept 2,145 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 129,709,440 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 741,196,800 times. You have also blinked over 157,504,320 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "London Bridge" by Fergie (Billboard Hot 100 – August 16, 2006). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was Paul van Dyk followed by Armin van Buuren and Tiësto according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on August 16, 2006

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Princess D (dancer)

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find all celebrity birthdays born on August 16, 2006.


Holidays on August 16, 2006

Here are a few holidays that are celebrated on your birthday:

We track thousands of holidays, you can view all of the holidays on August 16 here.

What happened on August 16th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 16 August 2006.

  • Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.
  • 1st British Empire Games open in Hamilton, Canada.
  • Puyi, the last Chinese Emperor and ruler of Manchukuo is captured by Soviet troops.
  • Direct Action Day: Widespread riots erupt in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus over whether Pakistan should be a separate state, killing over 4,000 and leaving 100,000 homeless.
  • Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is granted political asylum by Ecuador.
  • Sports in 2006

    NBA – Miami Heat beat Dallas Mavericks (4 - 2) to win the 2006 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

    NHL – Carolina Hurricanes defeated Edmonton Oilers (4 - 3) to win the 2006 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

    NFL – Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks (21 - 10) to win Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006 in Detroit, MI.

    MLB – St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers (4 - 1) to win the 2006 World Series. to win the World Series.

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    Your life path number is 5

    So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

    Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.