Did you know that December 31, 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, 31
Countdown to Your 17th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 17th birthday on Wednesday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
Did you know that people born on December 31
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 421 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 18 years old. There have been 6153 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2051 days, which is equivalent to 5.62 years. You spent 35.13% 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 December 31

People born on 31
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 December 31
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman |
| 1950 | Inge Helten, German sprinter |
| 1951 | Kenny Roberts, American motorcycle racer |
| 1951 | Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter |
| 1952 | Jean-Pierre Rives, French rugby player, painter, and sculptor |
| 1952 | Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1953 | James Remar, American actor |
| 1953 | Jane Badler, American actress |
| 1954 | Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, First Minister of Scotland |
| 1954 | Hermann Tilke, German racing driver, architect and engineer |
Did you know that on December 31
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 192 | Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161) |
| 335 | Pope Sylvester I |
| 669 | Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594) |
| 914 | Ibn Hawshab, founder of the Isma'ili community in Yemen |
| 1032 | Ahmad Maymandi, Persian statesman, vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire |
| 1164 | Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) |
| 1194 | Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157) |
| 1298 | Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249) |
| 1299 | Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273) |
| 1302 | Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 31
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2000 | The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium. |
| 2004 | The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft). |
| 2009 | Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur. |
| 2010 | Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages. |
| 2011 | NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon. |
| 2014 | A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others. |
| 2015 | A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries. |
| 2018 | Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia. |
| 2019 | The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine. |
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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