29 July 1980: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, July 29, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 323,930,880 breaths and experienced over 1,851,033,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 393,344,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 43 years, 11 months, and 28 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 5,356 days of your life or 14.67 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ July 29 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 9 ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on July 29th

1951

Dean Pitchford, American songwriter ("Fame"; "Let's Hear It For The Boy"), and screenwriter (Footloose)

1982

Allison Mack, American actress (Smallville), and cult member (NXIVM)

1990

Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress (Deep Rooted Tree)

1923

Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad)

1916

Budd Boetticher, American film director

1959

Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor (Vaastav)

1914

"Professor" Irwin Corey, American comedian (Car Wash, Doc)

1946

Diane Keen, English actress (The Cuckoo Waltz, Doctors)

📜 Historical events on this date

1588

The Battle of Gravelines - Spanish Armada damaged and scattered by the English fleet.

1609

Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years.

1848

Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule put down by police.

1905

US Secretary of State William Howard Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to Japanese free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines.

1921

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

1949

Moscow ends the blockade of West Berlin.

🎄 Holidays on July 29

National Lasagna Day

National Lasagna Day, celebrated on July 29th, is a fun holiday where everyone can enjoy this delicious Italian dish made of layers of noodles, sauce, cheese, and meat or veggies, regardless of whether you're Italian or just love good food!

National Lipstick Day

National Lipstick Day, celebrated on July 29th, is a fun holiday where people appreciate and indulge in lipsticks, a beauty product with a rich history that has been an essential part of fashion and self-expression for thousands of years.

Rain Day

Rain Day, celebrated on July 29, appreciates rain's essential role in sustaining life by encouraging us to enjoy and be thankful for its nourishing benefits and the joy it brings to our planet.

🏆 Sports in 1980

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1980 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 29, 1980 can be written as VII-XXIX-MCMLXXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 29, 1980
→ Day Index: 211th day of 1980
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 5th Tuesday of 1980
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,139,203 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,356 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 176 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.67 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 545 🌖
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1980: 4,458,411,534 Source: un.org

The 1980 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

If you found anything helpful on this page, please share it with friends. They can easily find their birthdays too. Also, bookmark this page and return often, as we will continue adding and updating fun facts about this date.