Funny Birthday Facts About August 15, 1940
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What day were you born on August 15, 1940?
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Countdown to Your 86th Birthday
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What day was August 15, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 85th birthday on Friday. How was your 85th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
FYI: You are more than 31,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 15
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
31,181 Days
4,096 Weeks
1,024 Months
85 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 230 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 86 years old. There have been 31181 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 10394 days, which is equivalent to 28.48 years. You spent 33.51% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 86 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 87 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 88 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 89 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 90 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 91 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 92 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 93 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 94 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 95 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 15, 1940?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 15
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Famous People Born on August 15
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on August 15
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) |
| 1919 | Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1920 | Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008) |
| 1921 | August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012) |
| 1922 | Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005) |
| 1922 | Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000) |
| 1922 | Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988) |
| 1923 | Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017) |
| 1924 | Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016) |
Famous People Died on August 15
Did you know that on August 15
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923) |
| 1945 | Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887) |
| 1951 | Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882) |
| 1953 | Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875) |
| 1962 | Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940) |
| 1967 | René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898) |
| 1971 | Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887) |
| 1975 | Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913) |
| 1975 | Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942) |
| 1975 | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920) |
Historical Events on August 15
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 15
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1057 | King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. |
| 1070 | The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. |
| 1096 | Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II. |
| 1185 | The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. |
| 1224 | The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade. |
| 1237 | Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory. |
| 1248 | The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) |
| 1261 | Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years. |
| 1281 | Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. |
| 1310 | The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. |
Popular Baby Name on August 15, 1940
In 1940, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 62,476 baby boys were named James in 1940. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1940 was Mary. There were 56,208 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Barbara, Patricia, Judith and Betty. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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