Did you know that October 29, 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 Wednesday, 29
Countdown to Your 18th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 17th birthday on Wednesday. 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 October 29
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 309 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 18 years old. There have been 6265 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2089 days, which is equivalent to 5.72 years. You spent 33.65% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 18 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 19 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 20 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 21 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 22 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 23 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 24 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 25 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 26 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 27 Years Old |

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

According to ancient lore, opal is a birthstone 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 October 29
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004) |
| 1935 | Michael Jayston, English actor (d. 2024) |
| 1937 | Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (d. 2021) |
| 1938 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1938 | Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter |
| 1938 | Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1940 | Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician |
| 1940 | Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021) |
| 1940 | Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright |
| 1941 | George Davies, English fashion designer |
Did you know that on October 29
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893) |
| 1963 | Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890) |
| 1971 | Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 1971 | Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946) |
| 1975 | Edmund Hirst, British chemist (b. 1898) |
| 1977 | Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926) |
| 1980 | Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911) |
| 1981 | Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921) |
| 1985 | Evgeny Lifshitz, Soviet physicist (b. 1915) |
| 1986 | Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on October 29
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 312 | Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded. |
| 437 | Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius. |
| 1390 | First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people. |
| 1467 | Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège. |
| 1611 | Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. |
| 1621 | The London Pageant of 1621 celebrates the inauguration of Edward Barkham (Lord Mayor). |
| 1658 | Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound. |
| 1665 | Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga. |
| 1675 | Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus. |
| 1792 | Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. |
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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