12 January 1979: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Friday, January 12, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 339,252,480 breaths and experienced over 1,938,585,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 411,949,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, and 26 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 5,609 days of your life or 15.37 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♑ January 12 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 3 ?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 Garnet ?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 January is Carnation ?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 January 12th

1960

Oliver Platt, Canadian actor

1928

Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High)

1984

Sam Richardson, American actor (Ted Lasso)

1910

Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars)

1970

MiG [Miguel Ayesa], Filipino-Australian rock and theatrical singer and actor (We Will Rock You)

1987

Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water)

1976

Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer

1998

Nathan Gamble, American child actor

📜 Historical events on this date

1528

Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation".

1554

Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia.

1872

Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.

1948

Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast.

2010

Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

🎄 Holidays on January 12

National Hot Tea Day

National Hot Tea Day, celebrated every year on January 12th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate tea, a popular drink known for its variety of flavors and health benefits, which has been enjoyed around the world since its origin in China over two millennia ago.

National Kettlebell Day

National Kettlebell Day, celebrated on January 12th, is all about appreciating the kettlebell, a versatile workout tool that looks like a cannonball with a handle, and encouraging everyone to use it for fitness and strength training.

National Marzipan Day

National Marzipan Day, celebrated on January 12th, is a day dedicated to enjoying marzipan, a sweet treat made from sugar and almonds that both Persians and Italians say they created first.

🏆 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.

January 12, 1979 can be written as I-XII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 12, 1979
→ Day Index: 12th day of 1979
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 2nd Friday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,232,385 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,609 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 184 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.37 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 570 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ 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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