8 August 1985: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Thursday, August 8, 1985 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

2
months

29
days

19
hours

45
minutes

13
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 292,703,040 breaths and experienced over 1,672,588,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 355,425,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 39 years, 9 months, and 1 day

You were born on a Thursday

The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

Born in → The Year of the Ox

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: 4,840 days of your life or 13.26 years.

#1 movie was: Back to the Future

#1 song on your birthday: "Shout" by Tears for Fears (source: Billboard Hot 100)

August 8 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 8th

1942

Henery Hawk [misspelled as Henry], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "The Squawkin' Hawk"

1981

Kaori Iida, Japanese pop singer and actress (Morning Musume; Dream Morning Musume)

1955

Branscombe Richmond, American actor (Renegade, Commando)

1970

Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor (The Eight Day)

1962

Suzee Pai, American actress (Big Trouble in Little China)

1969

Dick Togo [Shigeki Sato], Japanese professional wrestler

1930

Nita Talbot [Anita Sokol], American actress (Hogan's Heroes; Supertrain; Here We Go Again)

1973

Senta Moses, American actress

Historical events on this date

1509

Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India.

1609

Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.

1786

US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the money unit for the United States.

1925

1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.

1945

USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea.

1974

US President Richard Nixon announces he will resign at 12pm the next day.

1988

Ceasefire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war.

Holidays on August 8

Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day

"Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day on August 8 is about celebrating your mom's legacy and love by wearing her jewelry, like necklaces or earrings, to honor her life and sacrifices."

National Mochi Day

National Mochi Day, celebrated on August 8, is all about enjoying and appreciating mochi, a sweet and sticky Japanese rice cake that comes in various shapes and can be combined with treats like ice cream for a delicious dessert.

National Perler Day

National Perler Day, celebrated on August 8th, is a cool holiday where everyone gets to show off their creativity by making awesome designs with tiny, colorful beads that you arrange and then melt together with an iron.

Sports in 1985

NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

MLB

Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 8, 1985 can be written as VIII-VIII-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 8, 1985
→ Day Index: 220th day of 1985
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 2nd Thursday of 1985
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday: 90 days
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth: 14519 days
→ You are: 20,907,854 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,840 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 159 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.26 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 492
→ 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 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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