Date:December 20, 1979

December 20, 1979

December 12, 1979 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Thursday, December 20, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 326,672,640 breaths and experienced over 1,866,700,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 396,673,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 4 months, and 12 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 5,401 days of your life or 14.8 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Escape (Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♐ December 20 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?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 4 ?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 Jupiter


🪨 Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?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 December is Narcissus ?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 → Thursday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Owl


Celebrities born on December 20th

1963
Karen Moncrieff, American actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives)

1976
Jang Hyuk, Korean actor

1908
Dennis Morgan, American actor (Kitty Foyle)

1975
Jaydy Michel, Mexican model

1961
Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor

1997
Anok Yai, American model (1st model of Sudanese heritage to open a Prada show)

1954
Michael Badalucco, American actor

1931
Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West)


📜 Historical events on this date

1522
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

1606
Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia.

1803
French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA for $27M.

1812
Grimm's Fairy Tales or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published.

1917
Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin.

1960
The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam.


🎄 Holidays on December 20

Mudd Day
Mudd Day on December 20 celebrates the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who got in trouble for treating John Wilkes Booth's injury after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Go Caroling Day
Go Caroling Day, celebrated on December 20, is when people spread holiday cheer by singing Christmas songs together and visiting homes, keeping alive a fun tradition from before we had all our digital gadgets.

Cathode-Ray Tube Day
Cathode-Ray Tube Day, celebrated on December 20th, is a day to appreciate the old-school technology behind our early TVs and computer monitors that used electron beams to create the images we see.


🏆 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.

December 20, 1979 can be written as XII-XX-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for December 20, 1979
Day Index: 354th day of 1979
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,335,082 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,401 days
Months spent sleeping: 177 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.8 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 549 🌒
Life path number: 4
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐
Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
Birth flower: Narcissus
Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
Spirit Animal: Owl
Power Color: Purple
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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