Did you know that August 1, 1996 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 255 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 30 years old. There have been 10702 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3568 days, which is equivalent to 9.78 years. You spent 33.72% of your life sleeping!
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| 2027 | Sunday | 31 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 32 Years Old |
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| 2030 | Thursday | 34 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 35 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 36 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 37 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 38 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 39 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 1

Peridot is birthstone for people born on 1
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 1
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013) |
| 1963 | Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2022) |
| 1963 | Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1963 | Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer |
| 1963 | John Carroll Lynch, American actor |
| 1963 | Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer |
| 1964 | Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1964 | Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator |
| 1964 | Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician |
| 1965 | Brandt Jobe, American golfer |
Did you know that on August 1
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852) |
| 1911 | Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843) |
| 1918 | John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854) |
| 1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856) |
| 1921 | T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876) |
| 1922 | Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856) |
| 1929 | Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870) |
| 1938 | Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862) |
| 1943 | Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921) |
| 1944 | Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 1
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1664 | Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár. |
| 1714 | George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history. |
| 1759 | Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments. |
| 1774 | British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. |
| 1798 | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action. |
| 1800 | The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| 1801 | First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya. |
| 1834 | Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull. |
| 1834 | Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843. |
| 1842 | The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
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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