Funny Birthday Facts About May 8, 1998
Did you know that May 8, 1998 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 May 8, 1998?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 8
Countdown to Your 28th Birthday
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What day was May 8, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 27th birthday on Thursday. How was your 27th 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
10,093 Days
1,324 Weeks
331 Months
27 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 134 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 28 years old. There have been 10093 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3365 days, which is equivalent to 9.22 years. You spent 34.15% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Friday | 28 Years Old |
| 2027 | Saturday | 29 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 30 Years Old |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 31 Years Old |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 32 Years Old |
| 2031 | Thursday | 33 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 34 Years Old |
| 2033 | Sunday | 35 Years Old |
| 2034 | Monday | 36 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 37 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 8, 1998?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 8
If you were born on May 8, 1998, your birthstone is the emerald. In this month of May, your birthday, you are born with a quick wit, a high intelligence, and an intuition. It is said that people born in May will have a good memory and intelligence if they wear the emerald. It represents the goddess of love and beauty.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor |
| 1952 | Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2022) |
| 1953 | Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer |
| 1953 | Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1954 | David Keith, American actor and director |
| 1954 | John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1954 | Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actress |
| 1955 | Keith Osgood, English footballer |
| 1955 | Mladen Markač, Croatian general |
| 1955 | Stephen Furst, American actor and director (d. 2017) |
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, 1998
In 1998, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 36,616 baby boys were named Michael in 1998. The rest were named Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. While the popular baby girl name in 1998 was Emily. There were 26,185 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. 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 1998 there were 5,984,794,075 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 498,732,840. This shows that there were 498,732,840 babies born every month in 1998. It can also be concluded that there are 16,624,428 babies born every day and 11,545 babies born every minute which is mean that 193 babies born every second in the year 1998. Maybe one of them is you.
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