Date:October 18, 1979

October 18, 1979

October 10, 1979 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, October 18, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 333,627,840 breaths and experienced over 1,906,444,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 405,119,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 3 months, and 20 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌘 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: 5,516 days of your life or 15.11 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rise" by Herb Alpert (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♎ October 18 zodiac sign is Libra ?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 9 ?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 Opal and Tourmaline ?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 October is Marigold ?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 → Raven


Celebrities born on October 18th

1955
David Twohy, American movie director and screenwriter

1992
Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (Calm with Horses, Eternals)

1977
Chris McKenna, American actor (Joey-One Live to Live)

1871
Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto)

1987
Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model

1918
Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco)

1960
Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi)

1902
Miriam Hopkins, American actress (Becky Sharp, These Three)


📜 Historical events on this date

1009
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

1685
French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.

1867
US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.

1931
American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.

1962
James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.


🎄 Holidays on October 18

National Alaska Day
National Alaska Day, celebrated on October 18th, is a special day to appreciate Alaska, the biggest and most adventurous state that joined the United States.

Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a day when people choose to be silent for a day to honor and remember babies who were not born because of abortion.

National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day
National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day, observed every October 18, is a day to raise awareness and support for those who have suffered from sexual assault, encouraging them to share their stories and helping them heal.


🏆 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.

October 18, 1979 can be written as X-XVIII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for October 18, 1979
Day Index: 291st day of 1979
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1979
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,831,589 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,516 days
Months spent sleeping: 181 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.11 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 561 🌘
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
Birth flower: Marigold
Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
Spirit Animal: Raven
Power Color: Pink
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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