Did you know that August 18, 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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If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Monday, 18
Countdown to Your 18th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 17th birthday on Monday. 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.
Did you know that people born on August 18
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 329 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 18 years old. There have been 6245 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2082 days, which is equivalent to 5.7 years. You spent 33.53% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Tuesday | 18 Years Old |
2027 | Wednesday | 19 Years Old |
2028 | Friday | 20 Years Old |
2029 | Saturday | 21 Years Old |
2030 | Sunday | 22 Years Old |
2031 | Monday | 23 Years Old |
2032 | Wednesday | 24 Years Old |
2033 | Thursday | 25 Years Old |
2034 | Friday | 26 Years Old |
2035 | Saturday | 27 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 18
Peridot is birthstone for people born on 18
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 18
Year | Name |
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1956 | Sandeep Patil, Indian cricketer and coach |
1957 | Denis Leary, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter |
1957 | Ron Strykert, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
1957 | Tan Dun, Chinese composer |
1958 | Didier Auriol, French race car driver |
1958 | Madeleine Stowe, American actress |
1959 | Tom Prichard, American wrestler and trainer |
1960 | Fat Lever, American basketball player and sportscaster |
1960 | Mike LaValliere, American baseball player |
1961 | Bob Woodruff, American journalist and author |
Did you know that on August 18
Year | Name |
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2005 | Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982) |
2006 | Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924) |
2007 | Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947) |
2007 | Michael Deaver, American soldier and politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (b. 1938) |
2009 | Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925) |
2009 | Robert Novak, American journalist and author (b. 1931) |
2009 | Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910) |
2010 | Benjamin Kaplan, American scholar and jurist (b. 1911) |
2010 | Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower and coach (b. 1931) |
2012 | Harrison Begay, American painter (b. 1917) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 18
Year | Event |
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1903 | German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers. |
1917 | A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. |
1920 | The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. |
1923 | The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain. |
1933 | The Volksempfänger is first presented to the German public at a radio exhibition; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the ‘eighth great power’. |
1937 | A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program. |
1938 | The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
1940 | World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain, takes place. At that point, it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides. |
1945 | Soviet-Japanese War: Battle of Shumshu: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on Shumshu Island and launch the Battle of Shumshu; the Soviet Union’s Invasion of the Kuril Islands commences. |
1945 | Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day. |
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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