December 21, 1979 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn fun facts about Friday, December 21, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 326,692,800 breaths and experienced over 1,866,816,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 396,698,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 4 months, and 13 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌒 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: 5,402 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 21 zodiac sign is Capricorn ?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 5 ?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 Saturn ♄

🪨 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 → Saturday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Goose

⭐ Celebrities born on December 21st

1978

Michael Vitar, American actor (D2, D3, Sunset Grill, Sandlot Kids)

1948

Barry Gordon, American actor (Gary-Archie Bunker's Place)

1961

Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor (Internal Affairs)

1938

Larry Bryggman, American actor (Dr John Dixon-As the World Turns)

1943

(Marvin John) "Jack" Nance, American stage and screen actor (Eraserhead; Twin Peaks)

1964

Fabiana Udenio, Argentine actress

1997

Madelyn Cline, American actress (Outer Banks)

1987

Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress

📜 Historical events on this date

1898

French Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium.

1988

Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed mid air by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland.

1991

Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States.

🎄 Holidays on December 21

Anne and Samantha Day

Anne and Samantha Day celebrates the courage of Anne Frank, a young diarist during the Holocaust, and Samantha Smith, a peace activist during the Cold War, by promoting awareness about their efforts to bring peace and understanding to the world, observed twice a year on the solstices.

Humbug Day

Humbug Day, celebrated on December 21, is a day to vent out your holiday frustrations and stress by saying 'humbug' to them, offering a break from the pressures of the festive season.

National Flashlight Day

National Flashlight Day, celebrated on December 21 during the longest night of the year, is all about appreciating the usefulness of a good flashlight to light up the darkness.

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

🔦 Facts Summary for December 21, 1979
→ Day Index: 355th day of 1979
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,336,470 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,402 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: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Narcissus
→ Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
→ Spirit Animal: Goose
→ Power Color: Grey
→ 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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