Date:March 3, 1979

March 3, 1979

March 3, 1979 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, March 3, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 332,599,680 breaths and experienced over 1,900,569,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 403,871,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, and 2 months


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat


😴 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: 5,499 days of your life or 15.07 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♓ March 3 zodiac sign is Pisces ?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 5 ?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 Neptune


🪨 Your birthstone is Aquamarine ?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 March is Daffodil ?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 → Thursday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Wolf


Celebrities born on March 3rd

1924
Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (Sa Kabukiran)

1961
Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian

1939
Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder")

1948
Byron MacGregor, newscaster

1972
Christian Oliver, actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell)

1950
Re Styles [Shirley Macleod], Dutch-American actress (Space Is The Place), designer, and rock vocalist (The Tubes, 1976-79)

1974
David Faustino, actor (I Had 3 Wives, Bud-Married With Children)

1920
James Doohan, Canadian actor (Star Trek)


📜 Historical events on this date

1575
Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.

1857
Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.

1861
Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs and granted them the full rights of free citizens [OS=Feb 19].

1887
Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller.

1917
1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [OS=Feb 18].

1921
Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin.

1939
Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast in Mumbai (Bombay) to protest against autocratic rule in India.

1943
Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Australian and American air forces devastate Japanese navy convoy.


🎄 Holidays on March 3

National Soup It Forward Day
National Soup It Forward Day, celebrated on March 3rd, encourages people to make and share soup with others as a way to show kindness and support, organized by the Soup Sisters organization.

National Cold Cuts Day
National Cold Cuts Day, celebrated on March 3rd, is a fun day where everyone enjoys and appreciates the variety of sliced meats, like ham and turkey, that are often used in sandwiches.

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual, challenging race in Alaska where mushers and their dog teams travel from Anchorage to Nome over 8 to 15 days, starting on March 3rd.


🏆 Sports in 1979

🏒 NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB
Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1979 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

March 3, 1979 can be written as III-III-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for March 3, 1979
Day Index: 62nd day of 1979
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 1st Saturday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,757,193 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,499 days
Months spent sleeping: 181 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.07 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 559 🌒
Life path number: 5
Zodiac sign: Pisces ♓
Zodiac ruling planet: Neptune
Birth flower: Daffodil
Birthstone: Aquamarine
Spirit Animal: Wolf
Power Color: Light Green
President of United States:
World population 1979: 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

The 1979 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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