Funny Birthday Facts About May 16, 2008
Did you know that May 16, 2008 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 16, 2008?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 16
Countdown to Your 18th Birthday
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What day was May 16, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 17th birthday on Friday. How was your 17th 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 6,000 days old
Did you know that people born on May 16
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
6,236 Days
816 Weeks
204 Months
17 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 338 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 18 years old. There have been 6236 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2079 days, which is equivalent to 5.7 years. You spent 33.53% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 18 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 19 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 20 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 21 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 22 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 23 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 24 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 25 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 26 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 27 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 16, 2008?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 16
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Famous People Born on May 16
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 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter |
| 1959 | Mitch Webster, American baseball player |
| 1960 | Bruce Norris, playwright |
| 1960 | Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament |
| 1960 | S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998) |
| 1961 | Charles Wright, American wrestler |
| 1961 | Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter |
| 1962 | Helga Radtke, German long jumper |
| 1963 | David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic |
| 1963 | Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist |
Famous People Died on May 16
Did you know that on May 16
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1948) |
| 2013 | Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933) |
| 2013 | Paul Shane, British actor and comedian (b. 1940) |
| 2014 | Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943) |
| 2014 | Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933) |
| 2014 | Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932) |
| 2015 | Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928) |
| 2015 | Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1935) |
| 2015 | Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973) |
Historical Events on May 16
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 16
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1943 | The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. |
| 1945 | Beginning of the Levant Crisis between Britain and France in Syria. The latter try to quell nationalist protests but backs down after threat of military action by the British. |
| 1951 | The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. |
| 1959 | The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time. |
| 1960 | Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. |
| 1961 | Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. |
| 1966 | The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
| 1969 | Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. |
| 1974 | Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia. |
| 1975 | Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. |
Popular Baby Name on May 16, 2008
In 2008, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 22,603 baby boys were named Jacob in 2008. The rest were named Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. While the popular baby girl name in 2008 was Emma. There were 18,817 baby girls named Emma that year. While the rest were named Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. 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 2008 there were 6,789,088,672 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 565,757,390. This shows that there were 565,757,390 babies born every month in 2008. It can also be concluded that there are 18,858,580 babies born every day and 13,097 babies born every minute which is mean that 219 babies born every second in the year 2008. Maybe one of them is you.
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