Date:August 9, 2000

August 9, 2000

August 8, 2000 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, August 9, 2000 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 176,440,320 breaths and experienced over 1,008,230,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 214,248,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 23 years, 11 months, and 17 days


📅 You were born on a Wednesday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐉 Born in → The Year of the Dragon


😴 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: 2,917 days of your life or 7.99 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: How the Grinch Stole Christmas


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Incomplete" by Sisqo (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was Sasha followed by Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♌ August 9 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 9th

1974
Nicola Stapleton, English actress (Eastenders)

1983
Ashley Johnson, American actress (Chrissy-Growing Pains)

1958
Amanda Bearse, American actress (Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children)

1973
Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor Trainspotting; Grey's Anatomy -"Owen Hunt"

1972
Elizabeth Vassey, American actress (Emily Martin-All My Children)

1990
Adelaide Kane, Australian actress (Reign)

1944
Sam Elliott, American actor (A Star Is Born, Conagher)

1975
Mahesh Babu, Indian actor,' Prince of Tollywood'

At the age of 44, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2000 with $60 billion fortune, followed by Larry Ellison with $47 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

378
Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens.

1790
Robert Gray's Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe.

1898
Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.

1942
Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress.

1945
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki.

1965
Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence.

1974
Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President.


🎄 Holidays on August 9

National Veep Day
National Veep Day, celebrated on August 9, honors the role of U.S. vice presidents and the importance of presidential succession, inspired by the historical event in the 1970s when Gerald Ford became president without being previously elected, after Nixon's resignation.

National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day
National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day is a day to thank and recognize the dedicated workers who support and care for people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities, celebrated on the third Wednesday of August each year.

National Book Lovers Day
National Book Lovers Day, celebrated on August 9th, is a day to put away your phone, pick up a book (or listen to an audiobook), and dive into the joy of reading, celebrating how books have shaped history and made knowledge accessible to everyone.


🏆 Sports in 2000

🏒 NHL
New Jersey Devils defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2000 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans (23 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 in Atlanta, GA.

⚾ MLB
New York Yankees beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2000 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2000 US Open Championships, Marat Safin defeated Pete Sampras (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 9, 2000 can be written as VIII-IX-MM. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 9, 2000
Day Index: 222nd day of 2000
Day of week: Wednesday
Week Index: 2nd Wednesday of 2000
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 24 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 12,604,174 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,917 days
Months spent sleeping: 96 months
Years spent sleeping: 7.99 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 297 🌔
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 2000: 6,145,006,989 Source: un.org

The 2000 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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