8 July 2004: Top 25 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, July 8, 2004 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️

⏳ You have been alive for: 19 years, 9 months, and 18 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 145,797,120 breaths and experienced over 833,126,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 177,039,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐒 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: 2,411 days of your life or 6.6 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Shrek 2

🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "I Believe" by Fantasia (source: Billboard Hot 100).

The number 1 DJ in the world was Tiësto followed by Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

♋ 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 3 ?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

1948

Kim Darby, American actress (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)

1987

Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model

1977

Milo Ventimiglia, American actor (Gilmore Girls, This is Us)

1928

Norma Donaldson, American stage and screen singer and actress (Across 110th Street; Poetic Justice; The Young And The Restless)

1955

Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress

1942

Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right)

1967

Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer

1934

Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein)

At the age of 48, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2004 with $46.6 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $42.9 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 Freezer Pop Day

National Freezer Pop Day, celebrated on July 8th, is a fun holiday where we remember and enjoy eating those delicious, icy popsicles that cool us down and bring back sweet summer memories.

National SCUD Day

National SCUD Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about taking a break from life's drama to relax and focus on the positive stuff.

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.

National Chocolate with Almonds Day

National Chocolate with Almonds Day, celebrated every July 8th, is a special day dedicated to enjoying the delicious combination of chocolate and almonds, which besides being tasty, also offers some benefits for heart health.

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.

🏆 Sports in 2004

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 3) to win the 2004 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers (32 - 29) to win Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 0) to win the 2004 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2004 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Lleyton Hewitt (6-0, 7-6(7-3), 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Elena Dementieva (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 2004 can be written as VII-VIII-MMIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 2004

→ Day Index: 190th day of 2004
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 2nd Thursday of 2004
→ Next same calendar year: 2032
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 20 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 10,414,532 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,411 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 79 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 6.6 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 245 🌖
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2004: 6,461,370,865 Source: un.org

The 2004 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2032. So, mark your calendars!

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