Funny Birthday Facts About May 8, 1985
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What day were you born on May 8, 1985?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Wednesday, 8
Countdown to Your 41st Birthday
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What day was May 8, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 40th birthday on Thursday. How was your 40th 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 14,000 days old
Did you know that people born on May 8
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
14,841 Days
1,948 Weeks
487 Months
40 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 134 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 41 years old. There have been 14841 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 4947 days, which is equivalent to 13.55 years. You spent 33.88% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 41 Years Old |
| 2027 | Saturday | 42 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 43 Years Old |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 44 Years Old |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 45 Years Old |
| 2031 | Thursday | 46 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 47 Years Old |
| 2033 | Sunday | 48 Years Old |
| 2034 | Monday | 49 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 50 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 8, 1985?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 8
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Famous People Born on May 8
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 May 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (d. 1925) |
| 1867 | Margarete Böhme, German novelist (d. 1939) |
| 1879 | Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (d. 1926) |
| 1884 | Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972) |
| 1885 | Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1965) |
| 1892 | Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat (d. 1981) |
| 1893 | Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988) |
| 1893 | Francis Ouimet, American golfer (d. 1967) |
| 1893 | Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (d. 1963) |
| 1895 | Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (d. 1972) |
Famous People Died on May 8
Did you know that on May 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1960 | J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904) |
| 1965 | Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886) |
| 1969 | Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892) |
| 1972 | Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921) |
| 1972 | Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880) |
| 1975 | Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887) |
| 1980 | Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920) |
| 1981 | Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896) |
| 1982 | Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950) |
| 1982 | Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943) |
Historical Events on May 8
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. |
| 1973 | A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants. |
| 1976 | The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. |
| 1978 | The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. |
| 1980 | The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox. |
| 1984 | Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. |
| 1984 | The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances. |
| 1984 | The USSR announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. |
| 1987 | The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. |
| 1988 | A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". |
Popular Baby Name on May 8, 1985
In 1985, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 64,924 baby boys were named Michael in 1985. The rest were named Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. While the popular baby girl name in 1985 was Jessica. There were 48,347 baby girls named Jessica that year. While the rest were named Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda 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 1985 there were 4,870,921,666 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 405,910,139. This shows that there were 405,910,139 babies born every month in 1985. It can also be concluded that there are 13,530,338 babies born every day and 9,397 babies born every minute which is mean that 157 babies born every second in the year 1985. Maybe one of them is you.
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