December 8, 1979

Learn cool facts about Saturday, December 8, 1979 that no one tells you about.

You’ve taken nearly 334,615,680 breaths and experienced over 1,912,089,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 406,319,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 45 years, 5 months, and 10 days

You were born on a Saturday

The moon was in Waning Gibbous 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: 5,533 days of your life or 15.16 years.

#1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer

#1 song on your birthday: "Babe" by Styx (source: Billboard Hot 100)

December 8 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?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 1 ?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 Jupiter ♃

Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?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 December is Narcissus ?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 → Thursday

Your spirit animal → Owl

Celebrities born on December 8th

Historical events on this date

Holidays on December 8

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.

December 8, 1979 can be written as XII-VIII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for December 8, 1979
→ Day Index: 342nd day of 1979
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday: 203 days
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old
→ Days since birth: 16598 days
→ You are: 23,901,575 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,533 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 182 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.16 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 563
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
→ Birth flower: Narcissus
→ Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
→ Spirit Animal: Owl
→ Power Color: Purple
→ 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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