Funny Birthday Facts About August 23, 1979
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What day were you born on August 23, 1979?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Thursday, 23
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 23, 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 23
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,926 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 241 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16926 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5642 days, which is equivalent to 15.46 years. You spent 33.61% 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 23, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 23
Peridot is the gemstone of people born on 23
Famous People Born on August 23
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 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004) |
| 1951 | Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014) |
| 1951 | Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician |
| 1951 | Queen Noor of Jordan |
| 1952 | Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager |
| 1952 | Santillana, Spanish footballer |
| 1953 | Bobby G, English singer-songwriter |
| 1954 | Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter |
| 1954 | Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore |
| 1955 | David Learner, British actor |
Famous People Died on August 23
Did you know that on August 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1574 | Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490) |
| 1591 | Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527) |
| 1618 | Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585) |
| 1628 | George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592) |
| 1652 | John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600) |
| 1706 | Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) |
| 1723 | Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639) |
| 1806 | Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736) |
| 1813 | Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766) |
| 1819 | Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785) |
Historical Events on August 23
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours. |
| 1927 | Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial. |
| 1929 | Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city. |
| 1939 | World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence". |
| 1942 | World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. |
| 1943 | World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk. |
| 1944 | Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people. |
| 1944 | World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies. |
| 1944 | World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces. |
| 1945 | World War II: Soviet-Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War". |
Popular Baby Name on August 23, 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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