May 5, 2008 facts
It was the 2nd Thursday of 2008. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 5, 8, and 2008 reveal that your life path number is 5. Your zodiac sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Emerald, and your birth flower is the Lily of the valley. You are 15 old, and were born in the 2000s, in the middle of Generation Z. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ May 8, 2008 was a Thursday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Taurus
→ This date was 5,803 days ago
→ 2008 was the Year of the Rat
→ In 2024, May 8 is on Thursday
→ You are 17 years old in Korean Age

View cool May 8, 2008 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 16 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rat. Your birth sign is Taurus, with a ruling planet Venus. On your birthday, the moon was in Waxing 🌒 phase, and there were precisely 197 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on January 15, 2040.

→ You’ve slept 1,934 days or 5.3 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Rat
→ You have been alive 139,277 hours
→ You are 8,356,662 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 16 years old

You were born on a Thursday

May 8, 2008, was the 2nd Thursday of that year. It was also the 129th day and 5th month of 2008 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2008 calendar will be in 2036. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

🎉 Discover more fascinating facts!
Get the new fun facts & updates — straight in your inbox.
Please enter a valid email address
That address is already in use
The security code entered was incorrect
Thanks for signing up
Receive the newest updates and fun facts straight to your inbox, making every moment a celebration of the unique day you were born.

There are left before your next birthday. Your 16th birthday will be on a Friday, and the birthday after that will be on a Thursday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and automatically updated.

Your next birthday is in:

Your next birthday is on a Friday

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 5.3 years of your life.
You’ve slept 63 month of your life.
You’ve slept 276 week of your life.
You’ve slept 1,934 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 116,988,480 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 668,505,600 times. You have also blinked over 142,057,440 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis (Billboard Hot 100 – May 8, 2008). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Paul van Dyk according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on May 8, 2008

You share a birthday with We could not find a celebrity that shares a birthday with you. However, we update our database constantly, and invite you to check back later to see if we found someone with the same birthday.

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find all celebrity birthdays born on May 8, 2008.


Holidays on May 8, 2008

Here are a few holidays that are celebrated on your birthday:

We track thousands of holidays, you can view all of the holidays on May 8 here.

What happened on May 8th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 8 May 2008.

  • English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.
  • 1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
  • Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.
  • V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.
  • Sports in 2008

    NBA – Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers (4 - 2) to win the 2008 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

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

    Tennis –


    Your life path number is 5

    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.