Did you know that August 29, 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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If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Saturday, 29
Countdown to Your 28th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 27th birthday on Friday. 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.
Did you know that people born on August 29
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 248 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 28 years old. There have been 9979 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3327 days, which is equivalent to 9.12 years. You spent 33.78% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 28 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 29 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 30 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 31 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 32 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 33 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 34 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 35 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 36 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 37 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 29

Peridot is the gemstone of people born on 29
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 29
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Bob Beamon, American long jumper |
| 1946 | Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (d. 2019) |
| 1946 | Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic |
| 1946 | Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice |
| 1946 | Warren Jabali, American basketball player (d. 2012) |
| 1947 | James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993) |
| 1947 | Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author |
| 1948 | Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic |
| 1949 | Darnell Hillman, American basketball player |
| 1949 | Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor |
Did you know that on August 29
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1931 | David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867) |
| 1932 | Raymond Knister, Canadian poet and author (b. 1899) |
| 1944 | Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885) |
| 1946 | Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891) |
| 1946 | John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897) |
| 1951 | Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871) |
| 1952 | Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894) |
| 1958 | Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897) |
| 1966 | Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906) |
| 1968 | Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 29
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1965 | The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1966 | Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. |
| 1966 | The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. |
| 1970 | Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar. |
| 1975 | El Tacnazo: Peruvian Prime Minister Francisco Morales Bermúdez carries out a coup d’état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President. |
| 1982 | The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. |
| 1987 | Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact. |
| 1991 | Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. |
| 1991 | Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. |
| 1996 | Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. |
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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