Date:May 16, 1979

May 16, 1979

May 5, 1979 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, May 16, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 336,752,640 breaths and experienced over 1,924,300,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 408,913,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 8 months, and 22 days


📅 You were born on a Wednesday


🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous 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: 5,568 days of your life or 15.25 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♉ May 16 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 11 ?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 Venus


🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver


Celebrities born on May 16th

1947
Bill Smitrovich, American character actor (Crime Story; Miami Vice; Life Goes On)

1916
Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film

1935
Jimmy LIndley, English jockey (2,000 Guineas 1963, 66; St Leger 1964) and broadcaster (BBC)

1955
Debra Winger, American actress (Terms of Endearment, Officer & Gentleman)

1998
Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress

1954
Janet Maw, English actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)

1959
Mare Winningham, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch)

1978
Jim Sturgess, British actor ("Across the Universe"; "The Way Back"), and singer-songwriter


📜 Historical events on this date

1920
Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint.

1943
Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous dambusters Raid, bombing the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.

1944
1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.

2013
Human stem cells are successfully cloned.


🎄 Holidays on May 16

National Piercing Day
National Piercing Day, celebrated every May 16, is a day to appreciate and learn about the history and art of body piercings, maybe even inspiring you to consider getting one.

National Sea Monkey Day
National Sea Monkey Day, celebrated every May 16th, is a fun holiday that honors the tiny, lab-created brine shrimp pets that many people love to watch grow and play with at home.

National Barbecue Day
National Barbecue Day, celebrated every May 16, is a fun day when people in the U.S. enjoy delicious grilled foods either by going out to eat or cooking at home, making sure to celebrate this tasty tradition with lots of enthusiasm.


🏆 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.

May 16, 1979 can be written as V-XVI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 16, 1979
Day Index: 136th day of 1979
Day of week: Wednesday
Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 24,055,154 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,568 days
Months spent sleeping: 183 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.25 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 566 🌖
Life path number: 11
Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
Birth flower: Lily of the valley
Birthstone: Emerald
Spirit Animal: Beaver
Power Color: 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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