Funny Birthday Facts About August 16, 1979
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What day were you born on August 16, 1979?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Thursday, 16
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 16, 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 16
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,933 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 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 234 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16933 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5645 days, which is equivalent to 15.47 years. You spent 33.63% 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 16, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 16
Coming in at the tail end of summer are August babies. If you were born on 16
Famous People Born on August 16
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 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1933 | Julie Newmar, American actress |
| 1933 | Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator |
| 1933 | Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994) |
| 1933 | Tom Maschler, English author and publisher (d. 2020) |
| 1934 | Angela Buxton, British tennis player (d. 2020) |
| 1934 | Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011) |
| 1934 | Douglas Kirkland, Canadian-American photographer (d. 2022) |
| 1934 | John Standing, English actor |
| 1934 | Ketty Lester, American singer and actress |
Famous People Died on August 16
Did you know that on August 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1733 | Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657) |
| 1791 | Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) |
| 1836 | Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755) |
| 1855 | Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785) |
| 1861 | Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778) |
| 1878 | Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802) |
| 1886 | Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836) |
| 1887 | Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837) |
| 1888 | John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831) |
| 1893 | Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825) |
Historical Events on August 16
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 16
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1793 | French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention. |
| 1812 | War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army. |
| 1819 | Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England. |
| 1841 | U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history. |
| 1844 | Governor-general of the Philippines Narciso Claveria, signed a decree to reform the country's calendar to get in sync within the rest of Asia by skipping Tuesday, December 31. As a solution to the time zone discrepancy of the Philippines with China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring territories to ease the trade system, since Mexico became independent from Spain 23 years earlier on September 27, 1821. Claveria ordered that Monday, December 30, 1844, should be followed immediately by Wednesday, January 1, 1845. |
| 1858 | U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. |
| 1859 | The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine. |
| 1863 | The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country. |
| 1869 | Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion largely made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War. |
| 1870 | Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. |
Popular Baby Name on August 16, 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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