26 August 1979: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, August 26, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

11
months

28
days

22
hours

24
minutes

12
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 338,748,480 breaths and experienced over 1,935,705,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 411,337,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 5,601 days of your life or 15.35 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "My Sharona" by The Knack (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♍ August 26 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 6 ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear

⭐ Celebrities born on August 26th

1965

Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler

1976

Mike Colter, American actor (Luke Cage in Marvel Universe)

1960

Ola Ray, American model, Playboy playmate (Jun, 1980) and actress (girlfriend in Thriller music video)

1952

Michael Jeter, American actor (The Fisher King)

1921

David Begelman, American film producer who embezzled Columbia Pictures

1980

Chris Pine, American actor (Star Trek)

1950

Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 - "Hal Munson")

1969

Elaine Irwin, American model (Almay Cosmetics, Ralph Lauren) and former wife of John Mellencamp

📜 Historical events on this date

1346

Battle of Crecy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle.

1924

The Catastrophe of Smyrna: known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe to Greeks. The Ottoman army expels Greeks and other non-Turks from Asia Minor. (August 13 OS).

1945

Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WWII.

1959

British Motor Corporation introduced the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis it was only 10 ft long but seated 4 passengers.

1996

US President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in welfare policy.

🎄 Holidays on August 26

Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day celebrates the victory of women getting the right to vote in 1920 and reminds us to keep fighting for women's rights and equality in all areas of life.

National Day of Repentance

National Day of Repentance in Papua New Guinea is a day when people come together to pray and ask for forgiveness for their wrongdoings, observed annually on August 26.

National Dog Day

National Dog Day, celebrated on August 26th, is a special day dedicated to showing love and appreciation for our loyal and furry dog friends who have been with humans for over 14,000 years.

🏆 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.

August 26, 1979 can be written as VIII-XXVI-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 26, 1979
→ Day Index: 238th day of 1979
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday: 363 days
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth: 16803 days
→ You are: 24,197,015 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,601 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 184 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.35 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 570 🌒
→ Life path number: 6
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ 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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