8 July 2008: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, July 8, 2008 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 128,358,720 breaths and experienced over 733,478,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 155,864,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 17 years, 5 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 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: 2,122 days of your life or 5.81 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Dark Knight

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Paul van Dyk 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 7 ?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

1949

Frank Delima, American comedian

1948

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

1953

Jonathan Segal, American actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)

1987

Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model

1928

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

1998

Jaden Smith, American actor (The Karate Kid)

1944

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

1959

Pauline Quirke, British actress (Birds Of A Feather - "Sharon")

At the age of 77, Warren Buffett was the richest person in the world in 2008 with $62 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim with $60 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 Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Ice Cream Sundae Day, celebrated every July 8th, is a fun day where people across the U.S. enjoy their favorite ice cream sundaes, topped with delicious syrups and various toppings like fruits and nuts.

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.

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 2008

🏒 NHL

Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh Penguins (4 - 2) to win the 2008 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat New England Patriots (17 - 14) to win Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008 in Glendale, AZ.

⚾ MLB

Philadelphia Phillies beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 1) to win the 2008 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2008 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray (6-2, 7-5, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Jelena Jankovic (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 2008 can be written as VII-VIII-MMVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 2008
→ Day Index: 190th day of 2008
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 2nd Tuesday of 2008
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 18 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 9,168,781 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,122 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 70 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 5.81 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 216 🌒
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2008: 6,789,771,253 Source: un.org

The 2008 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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