Funny Birthday Facts About May 8, 1996
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What day were you born on May 8, 1996?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Wednesday, 8
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What day was May 8, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 29th birthday on Thursday. How was your 29th 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 10,000 days old
Did you know that people born on May 8
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
10,627 Days
1,396 Weeks
349 Months
29 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 330 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 30 years old. There have been 10627 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3543 days, which is equivalent to 9.71 years. You spent 33.48% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 30 Years Old |
| 2027 | Saturday | 31 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 32 Years Old |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 33 Years Old |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 34 Years Old |
| 2031 | Thursday | 35 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 36 Years Old |
| 2033 | Sunday | 37 Years Old |
| 2034 | Monday | 38 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 39 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 8, 1996?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 8
Emerald is birthstone for people born on May 8, 1996. The emerald stone is associated with the goddess Venus and symbolizes love, beauty, and intuition. If you were born on 8
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 |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | René Maltête, French photographer and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1932 | Harry Wells, Australian rugby league player |
| 1932 | Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican author and translator (d. 2007) |
| 1932 | Phyllida Law, Scottish actress |
| 1934 | David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, English soldier and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1934 | Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English lawyer and judge |
| 1934 | Maurice Norman, English footballer (d. 2022) |
| 1935 | Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (d. 2020) |
| 1935 | Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland, Scottish politician |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1902 | In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. |
| 1919 | Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I. |
| 1921 | The creation of the Communist Party of Romania. |
| 1924 | The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. |
| 1927 | Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane. |
| 1933 | Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement. |
| 1941 | World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby. |
| 1942 | World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. |
| 1942 | World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington. |
| 1942 | World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula. |
Popular Baby Name on May 8, 1996
In 1996, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 38,365 baby boys were named Michael in 1996. The rest were named Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. While the popular baby girl name in 1996 was Emily. There were 25,151 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. 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 1996 there were 5,824,891,931 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 485,407,661. This shows that there were 485,407,661 babies born every month in 1996. It can also be concluded that there are 16,180,256 babies born every day and 11,237 babies born every minute which is mean that 188 babies born every second in the year 1996. Maybe one of them is you.
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