Funny Birthday Facts About April 26, 1979
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What day were you born on April 26, 1979?
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Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was April 26, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 46th birthday on Saturday. How was your 46th 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 16,000 days old
Did you know that people born on April 26
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,849 Days
2,212 Weeks
553 Months
46 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 318 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16849 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5617 days, which is equivalent to 15.39 years. You spent 33.46% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday | 47 Years Old |
| 2027 | Monday | 48 Years Old |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 49 Years Old |
| 2029 | Thursday | 50 Years Old |
| 2030 | Friday | 51 Years Old |
| 2031 | Saturday | 52 Years Old |
| 2032 | Monday | 53 Years Old |
| 2033 | Tuesday | 54 Years Old |
| 2034 | Wednesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2035 | Thursday | 56 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for April 26, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on April 26
Diamond is birthstone for people born on April 26, 1979. Diamonds are associated with strength, determination, and eternal love. People who have a diamond birthstone tend to be romantic and wear their heart on their sleeve. Those drawn to diamonds are proud and glimmer in even the dimmest of lights.
Famous People Born on April 26
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 April 26
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008) |
| 1922 | J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1922 | Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (d. 1993) |
| 1922 | Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2019) |
| 1924 | Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998) |
| 1925 | Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015) |
| 1925 | Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019) |
Famous People Died on April 26
Did you know that on April 26
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860) |
| 1910 | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832) |
| 1915 | Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist (b. 1858) |
| 1915 | John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863) |
| 1916 | Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1890) |
| 1920 | Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887) |
| 1932 | William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868) |
| 1934 | Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876) |
| 1940 | Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) |
| 1944 | Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893) |
Historical Events on April 26
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on April 26
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule. |
| 1962 | NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon. |
| 1962 | The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1. |
| 1963 | In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections. |
| 1964 | Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania. |
| 1966 | A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye. |
| 1966 | The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15-200 are killed. |
| 1970 | The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force. |
| 1981 | Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery. |
| 1986 | The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. |
Popular Baby Name on April 26, 1979
In 1979, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 67,742 baby boys were named Michael in 1979. The rest were named Christopher, Jason, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1979 was Jennifer. There were 56,716 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. 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 1979 there were 4,380,506,185 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 365,042,183. This shows that there were 365,042,183 babies born every month in 1979. It can also be concluded that there are 12,168,073 babies born every day and 8,451 babies born every minute which is mean that 141 babies born every second in the year 1979. Maybe one of them is you.
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