Date:July 16, 1979

July 16, 1979

July 7, 1979 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Monday, July 16, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 335,522,880 breaths and experienced over 1,917,273,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 407,420,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 6 months, and 22 days


📅 You were born on a Monday


🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter 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: 5,548 days of your life or 15.2 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


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


♋ July 16 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 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 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 16th

1979
Jayma Mays, American actress (Glee, Heroes)

1970
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)

1918
Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (Okey Ka Fairy Ko!)

1956
Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter (Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes)

1966
Johnny Vaughan, English writer and broadcaster (Capital Breakfast)

1939
Corin Redgrave, British actor (Excalibur, A Man For All Seasons)

1963
Phoebe Cates, American actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High)

1948
Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor


📜 Historical events on this date

622
Muslim Era begins - Muhammad begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hijra).

1054
Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during liturgy. Often dated start of the East-West Schism.

1519
Public debate between Martin Luther & theologist John Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, Luther denies the divine right of the Pope.

1809
La Paz, Bolivia declares its independence from the Spanish Crown and forms the Junta Tuitiva. The first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.

1940
Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion).


🎄 Holidays on July 16

National Personal Chef's Day
National Personal Chef's Day, celebrated every July 16th in the U.S., honors chefs who prepare meals for multiple clients, often tailoring dishes to dietary needs and personal tastes, unlike private chefs who serve just one household.

National Personal Chef Day
National Personal Chef Day, celebrated on July 16, is a special day to appreciate the personal chefs who make delicious meals tailored to individual tastes and dietary needs.

National Wedding Invitation Day
National Wedding Invitation Day, celebrated on July 16th, is a special day to appreciate the creativity and beauty of wedding invitation cards and the designers who make them.


🏆 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 16, 1979 can be written as VII-XVI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for July 16, 1979
Day Index: 197th day of 1979
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,967,321 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,548 days
Months spent sleeping: 182 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.2 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 564 🌗
Life path number: 4
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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