August 8, 2016 facts
It was the 1st Friday of 2016. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 8, 5, and 2016 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 7 old, and were born in the 2010s, in the middle of Generation Alpha. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ August 5, 2016 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Leo
→ This date was 2,792 days ago
→ 2016 was the Year of the Monkey
→ In 2024, August 5 is on Tuesday
→ You are 9 years old in Korean Age

View snazzy August 5, 2016 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 8 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Monkey. Your birth sign is Leo, with a ruling planet Sun. On your birthday, the moon was in Waxing 🌒 phase, and there were precisely 95 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on April 13, 2048.

→ You’ve slept 931 days or 2.55 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Monkey
→ You have been alive 67,024 hours
→ You are 4,021,472 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old

You were born on a Friday

August 5, 2016, was the 1st Friday of that year. It was also the 218th day and 8th month of 2016 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2016 calendar will be in 2044. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 8th birthday will be on a Saturday, and the birthday after that will be on a Tuesday. 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 2.55 years of your life.
You’ve slept 30 month of your life.
You’ve slept 133 week of your life.
You’ve slept 931 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 56,286,720 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 321,638,400 times. You have also blinked over 68,348,160 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Cheap Thrills" by Sia Featuring Sean Paul (Billboard Hot 100 – August 5, 2016). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on August 5, 2016

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 5, 2016

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 5 here.

What happened on August 5th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 5 August 2016.

  • The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
  • William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
  • Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown - first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire.
  • Battle of Petrovaradin/Peterwardein: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks in a decisive victory.
  • Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Army led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" (US Civil War).
  • Sports in 2016

    NBA – Cleveland Cavaliers beat Golden State Warriors (4 - 3) to win the 2016 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

    NHL – Pittsburgh Penguins defeated San Jose Sharks (4 - 2) to win the 2016 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

    NFL – Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers (24 - 10) to win Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA.

    MLB – Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians (4 - 3) to win the 2016 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.