Date:August 19, 1979

August 19, 1979

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Sunday, August 19, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 329,192,640 breaths and experienced over 1,881,100,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 399,733,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 8 months, and 15 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌘 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: 5,443 days of your life or 14.91 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "My Sharona" by The Knack (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 19 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 8 ?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 19th

1951
Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine Academy Award-winning film composer (Brokeback Mountain)

1984
Simon Bird, British comic actor (The Inbetweeners -"Will"; Friday Night Dinner - "Adam")

1967
Tabitha Soren, American MTV reporter (This Week in Rock)

1987
Ileana D'Cruz, Indian-Portuguese actress

1962
Eric Lutes, American actor (Del-Caroline in the City)

1953
Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer (Caro diario)

1980
Darius Danesh, Scottish pop, opera and swing singer-songwriter and stage actor

1982
Erika Christensen, American actress (Parenthood)


📜 Historical events on this date

1839
Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris.

1942
World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.

1988
Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT).

1991
Conservative members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempt to depose Mikhail Gorbachev in a coup d'etat.

2010
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.


🎄 Holidays on August 19

National Potato Day
National Potato Day, celebrated on August 19th, is a fun holiday where people celebrate and enjoy all things related to potatoes, from fries to mashed, in various delicious ways.

National Soft Ice Cream Day
National Soft Ice Cream Day, celebrated on August 19, is a fun holiday that encourages everyone to enjoy soft serve ice cream while remembering all the joyful times we've had with this delicious treat at places like fairs and amusement parks, and it also has a cool backstory!

National Photography Day
National Photography Day, celebrated on August 19, is a day to appreciate and give credit to photographers who capture and share the world's stories and beauty through their cameras, showcasing various photography styles like portraits, landscapes, and more.


🏆 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 19, 1979 can be written as VIII-XIX-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 19, 1979
Day Index: 231st day of 1979
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,514,626 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,443 days
Months spent sleeping: 179 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.91 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 554 🌘
Life path number: 8
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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