Funny Birthday Facts About August 1, 1968
Did you know that August 1, 1968 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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What day were you born on August 1, 1968?
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Countdown to Your 58th Birthday
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What day was August 1, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 57th birthday on Friday. How was your 57th 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 20,000 days old
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Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
20,967 Days
2,752 Weeks
688 Months
57 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 217 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 58 years old. There have been 20967 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6989 days, which is equivalent to 19.15 years. You spent 33.6% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 58 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 59 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 60 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 61 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 62 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 63 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 64 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 65 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 66 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 67 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 1, 1968?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 1
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Famous People Born on August 1
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 1
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1520 | Sigismund II, Polish king (d. 1572) |
| 1545 | Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622) |
| 1555 | Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) |
| 1579 | Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644) |
| 1626 | Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676) |
| 1630 | Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673) |
| 1659 | Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734) |
| 1713 | Charles I, German duke and prince (d. 1780) |
| 1714 | Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782) |
| 1738 | Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) |
Famous People Died on August 1
Did you know that on August 1
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (b. 1877) |
| 1959 | Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921) |
| 1963 | Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908) |
| 1966 | Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941) |
| 1967 | Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900) |
| 1970 | Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901) |
| 1970 | Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913) |
| 1970 | Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883) |
| 1973 | Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882) |
| 1973 | Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893) |
Historical Events on August 1
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 1
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring. |
| 1980 | A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland. |
| 1980 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. |
| 1981 | MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. |
| 1984 | Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. |
| 1988 | A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England. |
| 1993 | The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. |
| 2004 | A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. |
| 2007 | The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. |
| 2008 | Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. |
Popular Baby Name on August 1, 1968
In 1968, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 81,995 baby boys were named Michael in 1968. The rest were named David, John, James and Robert. While the popular baby girl name in 1968 was Lisa. There were 49,534 baby girls named Lisa that year. While the rest were named Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1968 there were 3,551,599,436 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 295,966,620. This shows that there were 295,966,620 babies born every month in 1968. It can also be concluded that there are 9,865,554 babies born every day and 6,852 babies born every minute which is mean that 115 babies born every second in the year 1968. Maybe one of them is you.
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