Date:May 20, 1979

May 20, 1979

May 5, 1979 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Sunday, May 20, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 331,027,200 breaths and experienced over 1,891,584,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 401,961,600 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 11 months, and 14 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 5,473 days of your life or 15 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


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


♉ May 20 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 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 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 20th

1955
Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer, music video director (Depeche Mode; U2), and film director (The American)

1941
John Strasberg, American actor

1992
Jack Gleeson, Irish actor (Game of Thrones)

1951
William Cullen Bryant, actor (Hell Squad)

1958
Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, TV host (Ron Reagon Show) and son of Ronald and Nancy Reagon

1990
Josh O'Connor, English actor (The Crown)

1943
Al Bano [Albano Carrisi], Italian-Albanian pop singer, actor, and winemaker

1948
Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)


📜 Historical events on this date

1498
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609
Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862
US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864
Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927
At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927
Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990
Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.


🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Streaming Day
National Streaming Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a day to appreciate how streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ have changed the way we watch TV shows and movies, encouraging us to kick back, relax, and binge-watch our favorites.

National Pick Strawberries Day
National Pick Strawberries Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a fun day when people go out to farms to pick strawberries, enjoying nature and the delicious, nutritious fruit that's related to roses.

National Band Director's Day
National Band Director's Day, celebrated on May 20, is a special day to thank and appreciate the hardworking band directors and conductors who make school bands awesome, helping students shine at sports events and in music education.


🏆 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 20, 1979 can be written as V-XX-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1979
Day Index: 140th day of 1979
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,645,289 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,473 days
Months spent sleeping: 180 months
Years spent sleeping: 15 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 557 🌘
Life path number: 6
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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