It was the 2nd Thursday of 1981. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 10, 8 and 1981 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Libra with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Opal and Tourmaline, and your birth flower is the Marigold. You are 42 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.

→ October 8, 1981 was a Thursday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Libra
→ This date was 15,512 days ago
→ 1981 was the Year of the Rooster
→ In 2024, October 8 is on Wednesday

View snazzy October 8, 1981 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 43 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rooster. Your birth sign is Libra with a ruling planet Venus. There were precisely 526 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on June 16, 2013.

→ You’ve slept 5,171 days or 14.17 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Rooster
→ You have been alive 372,288 hours
→ You are 22,337,326 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 43 years old

You were born on a Thursday

October 8, 1981 was the 2nd Thursday of that year. It was also the 281st day and 10th month of 1981 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1981 calendar will be in 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 43rd birthday will be on a Friday and a birthday after that will be on a Wednesday. 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 14.17 years of your life.
You’ve slept 170 month of your life.
You’ve slept 739 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,171 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 312,721,920 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,786,982,400 times. You have also blinked over 379,733,760 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. (Billboard Hot 100 – October 8, 1981). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey (October 8, 1995).

Celebrities born on October 8, 1981

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Eddie Garcia (YouTuber), Ruby (pop singer).

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 out all celebrity birthdays born on October 8, 1981.


What happened on October 8th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 8 October 1981. Great standing on the Ugra river, standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III Grand Prince of all Rus, Tataro-Mongols retreat, leds to disintegration of the Horde.
The Second Opium War or second Anglo-Chinese War: begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire.
Battle of Loos on WWI Western Front ends, German forces contain British attack (85,000 casualties).
Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control.

Sports in 1981

NBA – Boston Celtics beat Houston Rockets (4 - 2) to win the 1981 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL – Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

MLB – Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 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.