It was the 2nd Friday of 1988. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 7, 8 and 1988 reveal that your life path number is 5. Your zodiac sign is Cancer with a ruling planet Moon, your birthstone is the Ruby, and your birth flower is the Larkspur. You are 35 old, and were born in 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ July 8, 1988 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Cancer
→ This date was 13,047 days ago
→ 1988 was the Year of the Dragon
→ In 2024, July 8 is on Tuesday

View must-know July 8, 1988 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 36 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Dragon. Your birth sign is Cancer with a ruling planet Moon. There were precisely 442 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on March 16, 2020.

→ You’ve slept 4,349 days or 11.92 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Dragon
→ You have been alive 313,134 hours
→ You are 18,788,062 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old

You were born on a Friday

July 8, 1988 was the 2nd Friday of that year. It was also the 190th day and 7th month of 1988 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1988 calendar will be in 2044. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 36th birthday will be on a Saturday and a birthday after that will be on a Tuesday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 11.92 years of your life.
You’ve slept 143 month of your life.
You’ve slept 621 week of your life.
You’ve slept 4,349 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 263,027,520 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,503,014,400 times. You have also blinked over 319,390,560 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "The Flame" by Cheap Trick. (Billboard Hot 100 – July 8, 1988). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Hot In Herre" by Nelly (July 8, 2002).

Celebrities born on July 8, 1988

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Lucci Vee (reality star), TheHollycopter (YouTuber), Jordan Burroughs (wrestler).

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find out all celebrity birthdays born on July 8, 1988.


What happened on July 8th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 8 July 1988. First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.
Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.
Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.
Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.

Sports in 1988

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Detroit Pistons (4 - 3) to win the 1988 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL – Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

MLB – Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 5

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.