Funny Birthday Facts About August 12, 1979
Did you know that August 12
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What day were you born on August 12, 1979?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Sunday, 12
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 12, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 46th birthday on Tuesday. 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 12
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,942 Days
2,224 Weeks
556 Months
46 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 225 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16942 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5648 days, which is equivalent to 15.47 years. You spent 33.63% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 47 Years Old |
| 2027 | Thursday | 48 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 49 Years Old |
| 2029 | Sunday | 50 Years Old |
| 2030 | Monday | 51 Years Old |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 52 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 53 Years Old |
| 2033 | Friday | 54 Years Old |
| 2034 | Saturday | 55 Years Old |
| 2035 | Sunday | 56 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 12, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 12
Coming in at the tail end of summer are August babies. If you were born on 12
Famous People Born on August 12
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 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (d. 1975) |
| 1926 | Douglas Croft, American child actor (d. 1963) |
| 1926 | Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005) |
| 1926 | John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998) |
| 1927 | Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007) |
| 1928 | Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| 1928 | Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 2018) |
| 1928 | Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006) |
| 1929 | Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006) |
| 1930 | George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management |
Famous People Died on August 12
Did you know that on August 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1424 | Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360) |
| 1484 | Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414) |
| 1546 | Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492) |
| 1577 | Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513) |
| 1588 | Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543) |
| 1602 | Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551) |
| 1612 | Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557) |
| 1638 | Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557) |
| 1674 | Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602) |
| 1689 | Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611) |
Historical Events on August 12
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 12
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. |
| 1944 | Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions. |
| 1944 | Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. |
| 1948 | Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police. |
| 1950 | Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army. |
| 1952 | The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. |
| 1953 | First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme. |
| 1953 | The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed. |
| 1960 | Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. |
| 1964 | South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. |
Popular Baby Name on August 12, 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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