It was the 4th Friday of 1980. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 23 and 1980 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury, your birthstone is the Emerald, and your birth flower is the Lily of the valley. You are 43 old, and were born in 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ May 23, 1980 was a Friday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Gemini
→ This date was 16,015 days ago
→ 1980 was the Year of the Monkey
→ In 2024, May 23 is on Friday

View snazzy May 23, 1980 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 44 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Monkey. Your birth sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 543 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 30, 2012.

→ You’ve slept 5,338 days or 14.63 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Monkey
→ You have been alive 384,377 hours
→ You are 23,062,656 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old

You were born on a Friday

May 23, 1980 was the 4th Friday of that year. It was also the 144th day and 5th month of 1980 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1980 calendar will be in 2036. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 44th birthday will be on a Saturday and a birthday after that will be on a Friday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 14.63 years of your life.
You’ve slept 175 month of your life.
You’ve slept 763 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,338 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 322,862,400 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,844,928,000 times. You have also blinked over 392,047,200 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Call Me" by Blondie. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 23, 1980). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "I Swear" by All-4-One (May 23, 1994).

Celebrities born on May 23, 1980

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What happened on May 23rd

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 23 May 1980. Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
South American independence leader Simón Bolivar enters Merida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
Federal Republic of [West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones.
Mao Zedong starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China.

Sports in 1980

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL – Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

MLB – Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 1

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.