Date:August 2, 1979

August 2, 1979 Birthday Answers

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, August 2, 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 22 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 329,353,920 breaths and experienced over 1,882,022,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 399,929,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing 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: 5,446 days of your life or 14.92 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♌ August 2 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 2nd

1973
Kia Goodwin, American actress (Tiffany Holloway-227)

1992
Hallie Eisenberg, American actress

1954
Lisa Brown, American actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns)

1957
Mojo Nixon [Neill McMillan, Jr.], American musician ("Elvis Is Everywhere") and actor

1966
Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2009; World Series 2004, 07 Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN)

1943
Max Wright, American character actor (Buffalo Bill; Alf; Misfits of Science)

1953
Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters)

1980
Jose "Dingdong" Dantes, Filipino actor (One More Try) and television host (Star Struck)


📜 Historical events on this date

1776
Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians).

1790
1st US census conducted, the population was 3,939,214 including 697,624 slaves.

1832
Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk & Fox Native Americans ending the Black Hawk War in the US.

1858
Government of India transferred from East India Company to the British Crown.

2018
Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value.


🎄 Holidays on August 2

National CAD Day
National CAD Day, celebrated on August 2nd, is all about appreciating how computer-aided design (CAD) has revolutionized the way we create and design things, making the process easier, more accurate, and efficient.

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, celebrated every August 2, is a fun holiday honoring the delicious treat made by squishing your favorite ice cream flavor between two cookies or biscuits, creating a perfect sweet and cold snack for summer.

National Coloring Book Day
National Coloring Book Day, celebrated on August 2, is a fun day where everyone, kids and adults alike, can enjoy coloring in books to relax, have fun, and rediscover the joy of this simple activity.

Take a Penny/Leave a Penny Day
Take a Penny/Leave a Penny Day celebrates the small trays at stores where you can leave extra pennies for others who might need them to avoid breaking a dollar for small change.


🏆 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 2, 1979 can be written as VIII-II-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 2, 1979

Day Index: 214th day of 1979
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 1st Thursday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,525,998 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,446 days
Months spent sleeping: 179 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.92 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 554 🌔
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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