Did you know that December 23, 1979 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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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 361 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16806 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5602 days, which is equivalent to 15.35 years. You spent 33.37% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
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| 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 |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on December 23

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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 December 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician and academic |
| 1943 | Queen Silvia of Sweden |
| 1943 | Ron Allen, American baseball player |
| 1943 | Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (d. 2010) |
| 1944 | Wesley Clark, American general |
| 1945 | Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt |
| 1945 | Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author |
| 1946 | Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress (d. 2021) |
| 1946 | John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (d. 2011) |
| 1946 | Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter |
Did you know that on December 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 423 | Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (b. 392) |
| 484 | Huneric, Vandal king |
| 668 | Gabriel of Beth Qustan, bishop and saint (b. 594) |
| 679 | Dagobert II, Frankish king (probable; b. 650) |
| 761 | Gaubald, Frankish bishop (b. 700) |
| 889 | Solomon II, bishop of Constance |
| 910 | Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar |
| 918 | Conrad I, king of East Francia (b. 890) |
| 940 | Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b. 909) |
| 1172 | Ugo Ventimiglia, Italian cardinal |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1972 | A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. |
| 1972 | The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism. |
| 1972 | The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders. |
| 1978 | Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo, Italy, killing 108. |
| 1979 | Soviet-Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital. |
| 1984 | After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board. |
| 1986 | Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. |
| 1990 | History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia. |
| 2002 | A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft. |
| 2003 | An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County, Chongqing, China, kills at least 234. |
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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