Did you know that January 8, 1999 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 Friday, 8
Countdown to Your 27th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 26th birthday on Wednesday. How was your 26th 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 January 8
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 53 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 27 years old. There have been 9809 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3270 days, which is equivalent to 8.96 years. You spent 34.46% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 27 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 28 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 29 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 30 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 31 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 32 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 33 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 34 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 35 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 36 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on January 8

The birthstone for people born on January 8, 1999 is Garnet. Garnet symbolizes everlasting love, loyalty and faithfulness. If your birthstone is garnet, you are a loyal friend to those around you. Wearing garnet is said to boost self-confidence and energy levels.
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 January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) |
| 1896 | Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (d. 1967) |
| 1897 | Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (d. 1977) |
| 1899 | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959) |
| 1900 | Dorothy Adams, American character actress (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (d. 1969) |
| 1902 | Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (d. 1948) |
| 1905 | Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997) |
| 1908 | Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1996) |
Did you know that on January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919) |
| 1990 | Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911) |
| 1991 | Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960) |
| 1994 | Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925) |
| 1994 | Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915) |
| 1996 | François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916) |
| 1996 | Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968) |
| 1997 | Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 1998 | Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905) |
| 2002 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on January 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. |
| 1996 | An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed. |
| 2002 | President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. |
| 2003 | Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. |
| 2003 | Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. |
| 2004 | The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 2005 | The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. |
| 2009 | A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. |
| 2010 | Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. |
| 2011 | Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge. |
In 1999, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 35,367 baby boys were named Jacob in 1999. The rest were named Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. While the popular baby girl name in 1999 was Emily. There were 26,539 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Hannah, Alexis, 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 1999 there were 6,064,239,033 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 505,353,253. This shows that there were 505,353,253 babies born every month in 1999. It can also be concluded that there are 16,845,109 babies born every day and 11,698 babies born every minute which is mean that 195 babies born every second in the year 1999. Maybe one of them is you.
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