It was the 2nd Wednesday of 1971. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 9, 8 and 1971 reveal that your life path number is 8. Your zodiac sign is Virgo with a ruling planet Mercury, your birthstone is the Sapphire, and your birth flower is the Aster/Myosotis. You are 52 old, and were born in 1970s, in the middle of Generation X. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ September 8, 1971 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Virgo
→ This date was 19,195 days ago
→ 1971 was the Year of the Pig
→ In 2024, September 8 is on Monday

View must-know September 8, 1971 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 53 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Pig. Your birth sign is Virgo with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 651 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on May 17, 2003.

→ You’ve slept 6,398 days or 17.53 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Pig
→ You have been alive 460,688 hours
→ You are 27,641,302 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 53 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

September 8, 1971 was the 2nd Wednesday of that year. It was also the 251st day and 9th month of 1971 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1971 calendar will be in 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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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 17.53 years of your life.
You’ve slept 210 month of your life.
You’ve slept 914 week of your life.
You’ve slept 6,398 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 386,971,200 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 2,211,264,000 times. You have also blinked over 469,893,600 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond. (Billboard Hot 100 – September 8, 1971). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr (September 8, 1985).

Celebrities born on September 8, 1971

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Martin Freeman (movie actor), David Arquette (movie actor), Brooke Burke (tv actress).

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 September 8, 1971.


What happened on September 8th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 8 September 1971. Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols beginning the decline of the Tatars.
Michelangelo's statue of David is unveiled in Florence.
Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completing 1st circumnavigation of the globe (expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan).
1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine, Florida.
Dutch surrender colony of New Netherlands (including New York) to 300 English soldiers.

Sports in 1971

NBA – Milwaukee Bucks beat Baltimore Bullets (4 - 0) to win the 1971 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 3) to win the 1971 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

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MLB – Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1971 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 8

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.