Date:August 12, 2008

August 12, 2008

August 8, 2008 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, August 12, 2008 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:
2
months
26
days
13
hours
27
minutes
50
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 123,399,360 breaths and experienced over 705,139,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 149,842,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 16 years, 9 months, and 4 days


📅 You were born on a Tuesday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Z


🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat


😴 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: 2,040 days of your life or 5.59 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: The Dark Knight


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Paul van Dyk according to DJ Mag.

♌ August 12 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 3 ?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 Sun


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


⭐ Celebrities born on August 12th

1913
Kurt Kaszner [Serwicher], Austrian actor (Kiss Me Kate, Lili, Casino Royale)

1991
Lakeith Stanfield, American actor (Straight Outta Compton)

1973
Grey DeLisle, American country singer-songwriter, autoharp player, voice actress (The Fairly OddParents; The Loud House), and comedienne

1956
Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor (Thirteen Days)

1907
Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges, Let's Make Love, Africa Screams)

1952
Chen Kaige, Chinese film director (Farewell My Concubine)

1940
Michael Brunson, English journalist, newscaster and actor (Never Say Die)

1977
Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer

At the age of 77, Warren Buffett was the richest person in the world in 2008 with $62 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim with $60 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1121
Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

1480
Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.

1851
American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine.

1908
Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car.

1981
IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0).


🎄 Holidays on August 12

International Youth Day
International Youth Day, celebrated on August 12, is a day set by the United Nations to spotlight and tackle the big challenges young people around the world face, like poor education and poverty, through different fun and serious events to encourage everyone, including you, to help make a change.

National Julienne Fries Day
National Julienne Fries Day, celebrated on August 12, is a day to enjoy matchstick-thin, crispy fries by visiting your favorite restaurant to savor this elegant twist on regular fries.

Garage Sale Day
Garage Sale Day, celebrated on the second Saturday of August, is a day to explore and buy from local garage sales, where you can find a variety of useful and unique items at potentially low prices, or even host your own sale to declutter and earn some cash.


🏆 Sports in 2008

🏒 NHL
Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh Penguins (4 - 2) to win the 2008 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.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2008 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray (6-2, 7-5, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Jelena Jankovic (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 12, 2008 can be written as VIII-XII-MMVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 12, 2008
Day Index: 225th day of 2008
Day of week: Tuesday
Week Index: 2nd Tuesday of 2008
Next same calendar year: 2036
Days until next birthday: 87 days
Age on next birthday: 17 years old
Days since birth: 6121 days
You are: 8,815,112 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,040 days
Months spent sleeping: 67 months
Years spent sleeping: 5.59 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 207 🌔
Life path number: 3
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 2008: 6,789,771,253 Source: un.org

The 2008 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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