8 July 1989: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Saturday, July 8, 1989 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 258,108,480 breaths and experienced over 1,474,905,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 313,417,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, and 19 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent

😴 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: 4,268 days of your life or 11.69 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Batman

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 8 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 6 ?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 8th

1958

Kevin Bacon, American actor (Diner; Footloose; She's Having a Baby)

1974

Tami Erin, American actress and model (The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking)

1937

Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)

1940

Marcia Rodd, American actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)

1960

Valerie Pettiford, American actress (One Life to Live, Half & Half)

1981

Lance Gross, American actor (The Paynes)

1934

Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein)

1944

Jeffrey Tambor, American character actor (Larry Sanders - "Hank"; Arrested Decelopment)

📜 Historical events on this date

1099

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1497

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.

1777

Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.

1800

Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.

1853

Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.

1948

500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow.

🎄 Holidays on July 8

National Love Your Skin Day

National Love Your Skin Day, celebrated on July 8, is a day to remember to take care of your skin through simple steps like moisturizing and wearing sunscreen, emphasizing that healthy skin care doesn't have to be expensive or complicated.

Oneofusismissing Day

Oneofusismissing Day, celebrated on July 8, is a special day to remember and honor people we've lost, reminding us to cherish life and come together, regardless of our differences, through activities like sharing stories and watching family videos.

Be a Kid Again Day

Be a Kid Again Day, on July 8, is a fun holiday where everyone gets to act like a kid again, forgetting all adult worries and just having a blast like when they were younger.

🏆 Sports in 1989

🏒 NHL

Calgary Flames defeated Montreal Canadiens (4 - 2) to win the 1989 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals (20 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXIII on January 22, 1989 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 0) to win the 1989 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1989 US Open Championships, Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl (7-6(7-2), 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Martina Navratilova (3-6, 7-5, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 1989 can be written as VII-VIII-MCMLXXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 1989
→ Day Index: 189th day of 1989
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 1989
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 18,436,392 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,268 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 140 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 11.69 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 434 🌒
→ Life path number: 6
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1989: 5,240,735,117 Source: un.org

The 1989 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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