Funny Birthday Facts About August 28, 1980
Did you know that August 28, 1980 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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What day were you born on August 28, 1980?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Thursday, 28
Countdown to Your 46th Birthday
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What day was August 28, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 45th birthday on Thursday. How was your 45th 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 28
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,559 Days
2,176 Weeks
544 Months
45 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 242 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 46 years old. There have been 16559 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5520 days, which is equivalent to 15.12 years. You spent 33.6% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 46 Years Old |
| 2027 | Saturday | 47 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 48 Years Old |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 49 Years Old |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 50 Years Old |
| 2031 | Thursday | 51 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 52 Years Old |
| 2033 | Sunday | 53 Years Old |
| 2034 | Monday | 54 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 55 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 28, 1980?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 28
Peridot is the gemstone of people born on 28
Famous People Born on August 28
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 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Jack Vance, American author (d. 2013) |
| 1917 | Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator (d. 1994) |
| 1918 | L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995) |
| 1919 | Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 1921 | Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007) |
| 1921 | John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979) |
| 1921 | Lidia Gueiler Tejada, the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011) |
| 1921 | Nancy Kulp, American actress and soldier (d. 1991) |
| 1924 | Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004) |
| 1924 | Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (d. 2004) |
Famous People Died on August 28
Did you know that on August 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894) |
| 1943 | Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870) |
| 1955 | Emmett Till, African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (b. 1941) |
| 1959 | Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890) |
| 1965 | Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909) |
| 1968 | Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887) |
| 1971 | Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889) |
| 1972 | Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941) |
| 1975 | Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) |
| 1976 | Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) |
Historical Events on August 28
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1993 | A Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes during takeoff from Khorog Airport in Tajikistan, killing 82. |
| 1993 | NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl. |
| 1993 | Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition. |
| 1993 | The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina is transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. |
| 1996 | Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention. |
| 1998 | Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. |
| 1998 | Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa. |
| 1999 | The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life. |
| 2003 | In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device. |
| 2016 | The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. |
Popular Baby Name on August 28, 1980
In 1980, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 68,704 baby boys were named Michael in 1980. The rest were named Christopher, Jason, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1980 was Jennifer. There were 58,379 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. 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 1980 there were 4,458,003,466 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 371,500,289. This shows that there were 371,500,289 babies born every month in 1980. It can also be concluded that there are 12,383,343 babies born every day and 8,600 babies born every minute which is mean that 144 babies born every second in the year 1980. Maybe one of them is you.
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