Date:August 18, 1979

August 18, 1979 Birthday Answers

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Saturday, August 18, 1979 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 8 months, and 7 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 329,051,520 breaths and experienced over 1,880,294,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 399,562,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 5,441 days of your life or 14.91 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Good Times" by Chic (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♌ August 18 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 7 ?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 18th

1943
Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)

1972
Shaun Wilson, Australian artist and filmmaker

1970
Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist

1967
Julie Kristen Smith, American actress (Showgirls)

1952
Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing; Ghost), and singer-songwriter (She's Like The Wind)

1987
Mika Boorem, American actress (Hearts in Atlantis)

1959
Tom Prichard, American wrestler

2003
Max Charles, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man; The Neighbors)


📜 Historical events on this date

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


🎄 Holidays on August 18

Kool Aid Day
Kool Aid Day in Hastings, Nebraska, is a colorful and fun-filled festival celebrating the iconic drink with contests, parades, and even boat racing, happening every second weekend of August.

Never Give Up Day
Never Give Up Day, celebrated on August 18, is a day dedicated to motivating ourselves and others to keep pushing towards our goals, no matter the obstacles.

National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of ice cream pies, combining creamy ice cream with various crusts and flavors to create an over-the-top dessert.

National Men's Grooming Day
National Men's Grooming Day, celebrated every third Friday of August, encourages men to take extra care of their personal hygiene and grooming habits, reminding them that it's important to use the right products for their skin and hair, not just whatever's handy.

National Fajita Day
National Fajita Day, celebrated on August 18th, is all about cooking and enjoying the tasty, sizzling dish of fajitas with your favorite toppings like guacamole, cheese, or spicy sauce.


🏆 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 18, 1979 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 1979

Day Index: 230th day of 1979
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,504,512 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,441 days
Months spent sleeping: 179 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.91 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 553 🌘
Life path number: 7
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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