Date:August 21, 1979

August 21, 1979

August 8, 1979 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, August 21, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 329,132,160 breaths and experienced over 1,880,755,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 399,660,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 8 months, and 12 days


📅 You were born on a Tuesday


🌘 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: 5,442 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 21 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 21st

1962
Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor

1990
Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer and filmmaker (All Eyes on Me)

1944
Peter Weir, Australian director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society)

1943
Hugh Wilson, American screenwriter, film director The First Wives Club; Blast from the Past), and TV series creator (WKRP in Cincinnati; Frank's Place)

1941
Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian and actor (Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes)

1967
Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress (The Matrix Trilogy)

1945
Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (The Hunt For Red October)

1989
Hayden Panettiere, American actress (One Life to Live)


📜 Historical events on this date

1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).

1703
The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.

1772
King Gustav III of Sweden completes coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot - ends 50 years of parliamentary rule.

1888
American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.

1911
Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

1959
Hawaii becomes the 50th US state.

1991
Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.


🎄 Holidays on August 21

National Report Upcoding Fraud Day
National Report Upcoding Fraud Day, celebrated on August 21st, is a day dedicated to encouraging people to speak out against healthcare providers who dishonestly charge for more expensive services than they actually delivered, to help stop this type of fraud.

National Spumoni Day
National Spumoni Day, celebrated on August 21, honors a layered Italian ice cream made with fruits, nuts, and cream, traditionally sliced, not scooped, and now more popular in the US and Argentina than its birthplace, Naples.

National Brazilian Blowout Day
National Brazilian Blowout Day, celebrated every year on August 21, is a day to appreciate a popular hair treatment that keeps your hair smooth and frizz-free all summer.


🏆 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 21, 1979 can be written as VIII-XXI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 21, 1979
Day Index: 233rd day of 1979
Day of week: Tuesday
Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,509,810 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,442 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: 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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