8 July 2000: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Saturday, July 8, 2000 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 180,169,920 breaths and experienced over 1,029,542,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 218,777,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 24 years, 5 months, and 18 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐉 Born in → The Year of the Dragon

😴 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: 2,979 days of your life or 8.16 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Be With You" by Enrique Iglesias (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Sasha followed by Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♋ July 8 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 8 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 8th

1981

Lance Gross, American actor (The Paynes)

1953

Jonathan Segal, American actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)

1968

Billy Crudup, American actor (The Morning Show)

1973

Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress (Beverly Hills, 90210)

1955

Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress

1942

Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right)

1958

Kevin Bacon, American actor (Diner; Footloose; She's Having a Baby)

1991

Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is'Thunzi)

At the age of 44, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2000 with $60 billion fortune, followed by Larry Ellison with $47 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1099

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1497

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.

1777

Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.

1800

Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.

1853

Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.

1948

500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow.

🎄 Holidays on July 8

Math 2.0 Day

Math 2.0 Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about how math and technology team up to create cool stuff and make our lives easier, from video games to smartphones.

National Video Game Day

National Video Game Day on July 8 is a holiday where everyone is encouraged to play and enjoy their favorite video games, celebrating the huge variety and community of gaming that has grown since the first simple video game was created.

National Freezer Pop Day

National Freezer Pop Day, celebrated on July 8th, is a fun holiday where we remember and enjoy eating those delicious, icy popsicles that cool us down and bring back sweet summer memories.

🏆 Sports in 2000

🏒 NHL

New Jersey Devils defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2000 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans (23 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 in Atlanta, GA.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2000 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2000 US Open Championships, Marat Safin defeated Pete Sampras (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 2000 can be written as VII-VIII-MM. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 2000
→ Day Index: 190th day of 2000
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 2000
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 25 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 12,870,531 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,979 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 98 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 8.16 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 303 🌒
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2000: 6,145,006,989 Source: un.org

The 2000 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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