Funny Birthday Facts About August 2, 1979
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What day were you born on August 2, 1979?
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Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 2, 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 August 2
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,827 Days
2,208 Weeks
552 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 340 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16827 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5609 days, which is equivalent to 15.37 years. You spent 33.41% 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 August 2, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 2
Peridot is birthstone for people born on 2
Famous People Born on August 2
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 2
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1970 | Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer |
| 1970 | Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach |
| 1971 | Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player |
| 1971 | Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager |
| 1972 | Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer |
| 1972 | Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| 1973 | Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer |
| 1973 | Miguel Mendonca, Zimbabwean journalist and author |
| 1973 | Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer |
Famous People Died on August 2
Did you know that on August 2
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932) |
| 2014 | James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964) |
| 2015 | Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922) |
| 2015 | Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936) |
| 2016 | Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946) |
| 2016 | David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930) |
| 2016 | Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927) |
| 2016 | Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930) |
Historical Events on August 2
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 2
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918 | The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver. |
| 1922 | A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people. |
| 1923 | Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding. |
| 1932 | The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson. |
| 1934 | Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. |
| 1937 | The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal. |
| 1939 | Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. |
| 1943 | The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months. |
| 1943 | World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew. |
| 1944 | ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia. |
Popular Baby Name on August 2, 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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