11 July 1979: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, July 11, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 341,853,120 breaths and experienced over 1,953,446,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 415,107,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 5 months, and 2 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 5,652 days of your life or 15.49 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 11 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 8 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 11th

1924

Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple - "Blanche Madison"), and TV personality (Match Game)

1988

Joan Smalls, Puerto Rican model

1970

Justin Chambers, American actor

1964

Craig Charles, English actor

1952

Stephen Lang, American actor (Another You, Death of a Salesman)

1932

Alex Hassilev, American actor and folk musician (The Limeliters)

1980

Tyson Kidd [T.J. Wilson], Canadian professional wrestler (WWE)

1977

Brandy Gold, American actress (Annie-Baby Makes Five)

📜 Historical events on this date

1405

Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.

1533

Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII.

1818

English poet John Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born", "Lines Written in the Highlands", and "Gadfly".

1877

Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts.

1944

Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States.

1995

7,000 Bosnian Muslim men are massacred when Bosnian Serbs overrun the UN'safe haven' of Srebrenica.

🎄 Holidays on July 11

National State Fair Food Day

National State Fair Food Day, celebrated on July 11, is a day to enjoy all the delicious and unique foods typically found at state fairs, like fried treats and creative snacks, without having to leave your home.

National Free Slurpee Day

National Free Slurpee Day, celebrated on July 11th, is when 7-Eleven gives out free Slurpees, offering a cool way to enjoy a variety of flavors from sweet to sour, marking the day since 2002.

National Blueberry Muffin Day

National Blueberry Muffin Day, celebrated on July 11th, is a day to enjoy and honor blueberry muffins, a tasty treat that combines the deliciousness of muffins with the health benefits of antioxidant-rich blueberries.

🏆 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.

July 11, 1979 can be written as VII-XI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 11, 1979
→ Day Index: 192nd day of 1979
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 2nd Wednesday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,419,003 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,652 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 186 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.49 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 575 🌖
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ 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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