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Countdown to Your 83rd Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 82nd birthday on Wednesday. How was your 82nd 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.
Did you know that people born on January 8
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 14 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 83 years old. There have been 30302 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 10101 days, which is equivalent to 27.67 years. You spent 33.74% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 83 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 84 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 85 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 86 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 87 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 88 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 89 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 90 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 91 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 92 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on January 8

The birthstone for people born on January 8, 1943 is Garnet. Garnet symbolizes everlasting love, loyalty and faithfulness. If your birthstone is garnet, you are a loyal friend to those around you. Wearing garnet is said to boost self-confidence and energy levels.
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 January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1037 | Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (d. 1101) |
| 1345 | Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (d. 1398) |
| 1529 | John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (d. 1595) |
| 1583 | Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1643) |
| 1587 | Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1629) |
| 1587 | Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1616) |
| 1589 | Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1638) |
| 1601 | Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (d. 1658) |
| 1626 | Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (d. 1694) |
| 1628 | François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695) |
Did you know that on January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919) |
| 1990 | Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911) |
| 1991 | Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960) |
| 1994 | Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925) |
| 1994 | Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915) |
| 1996 | François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916) |
| 1996 | Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968) |
| 1997 | Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 1998 | Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905) |
| 2002 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on January 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918 | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I. |
| 1920 | The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union. |
| 1926 | Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. |
| 1926 | Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch. |
| 1936 | Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public. |
| 1940 | World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. |
| 1945 | World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces. |
| 1946 | Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan. |
| 1956 | Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact. |
| 1959 | Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. |
In 1943, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 80,274 baby boys were named James in 1943. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1943 was Mary. There were 66,173 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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