August 8, 2008 facts
It was the 4th Friday of 2008. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 8, 22, and 2008 reveal that your life path number is 22. 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 15 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 22, 2008 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 5,697 days ago
→ 2008 was the Year of the Rat
→ In 2024, August 22 is on Friday
→ You are 17 years old in Korean Age

View snazzy August 22, 2008 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 16 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rat. Your birth sign is Leo, with a ruling planet Sun. On your birthday, the moon was in Waning Gibbous 🌖 phase, and there were precisely 193 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on April 30, 2040.

→ You’ve slept 1,899 days or 5.2 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Rat
→ You have been alive 136,734 hours
→ You are 8,204,049 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 16 years old

You were born on a Friday

August 22, 2008, was the 4th Friday of that year. It was also the 235th day and 8th month of 2008 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2008 calendar will be in 2036. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 16th birthday will be on a Saturday, and the birthday after that will be on a Friday. 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 Saturday

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 5.2 years of your life.
You’ve slept 62 month of your life.
You’ve slept 271 week of your life.
You’ve slept 1,899 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 114,851,520 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 656,294,400 times. You have also blinked over 139,462,560 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Disturbia" by Rihanna (Billboard Hot 100 – August 22, 2008). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Paul van Dyk according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on August 22, 2008

You share a birthday with We could not find a celebrity that shares a birthday with you. However, we update our database constantly, and invite you to check back later to see if we found someone with the same birthday.

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Holidays on August 22, 2008

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 22 here.

What happened on August 22nd

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 22 August 2008.

  • Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.
  • Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
  • Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament.
  • First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".
  • First Geneva Convention, governing the protection of victims in warfare, signed by 12 nations.
  • Sports in 2008

    NBA – Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers (4 - 2) to win the 2008 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

    NHL – Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh Penguins (4 - 2) to win the 2008 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

    NFL – New York Giants beat New England Patriots (17 - 14) to win Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008 in Glendale, AZ.

    MLB – Philadelphia Phillies beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 1) to win the 2008 World Series. to win the World Series.

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    Your life path number is 22

    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.