Did you know that May 8, 2016 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 Sunday, 8
Countdown to Your 10th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 9th birthday on Thursday. How was your 9th 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 May 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 308 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 10 years old. There have been 3344 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1115 days, which is equivalent to 3.05 years. You spent 33.89% of your life sleeping!
Year | Day | Your Age |
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2026 | Friday | 10 Years Old |
2027 | Saturday | 11 Years Old |
2028 | Monday | 12 Years Old |
2029 | Tuesday | 13 Years Old |
2030 | Wednesday | 14 Years Old |
2031 | Thursday | 15 Years Old |
2032 | Saturday | 16 Years Old |
2033 | Sunday | 17 Years Old |
2034 | Monday | 18 Years Old |
2035 | Tuesday | 19 Years Old |
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 8
Emerald is birthstone for people born on May 8, 2016. The emerald stone is associated with the goddess Venus and symbolizes love, beauty, and intuition. If you were born on 8
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 8
Year | Name |
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1745 | Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801) |
1753 | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader (d. 1811) |
1786 | John Vianney, French priest and saint (d. 1859) |
1815 | Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1872) |
1818 | Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1896) |
1821 | William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1885) |
1824 | William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (d. 1860) |
1825 | George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author (d. 1898) |
1828 | Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint (d. 1898) |
1828 | Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910) |
Did you know that on May 8
Year | Name |
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1991 | Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907) |
1991 | Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903) |
1992 | Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
1993 | Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923) |
1994 | George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928) |
1995 | Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953) |
1996 | Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937) |
1996 | Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912) |
1996 | Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946) |
1996 | Luis Miguel DominguĂn, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 8
Year | Event |
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1972 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. |
1973 | A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants. |
1976 | The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. |
1978 | The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. |
1980 | The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox. |
1984 | Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. |
1984 | The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances. |
1984 | The USSR announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. |
1987 | The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. |
1988 | A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". |
In 2016, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Noah is the most used. A total of 19,154 baby boys were named Noah in 2016. The rest were named Liam, William, Mason and James. While the popular baby girl name in 2016 was Emma. There were 19,522 baby girls named Emma that year. While the rest were named Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. 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 2016 there were 7,464,021,934 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 622,001,828. This shows that there were 622,001,828 babies born every month in 2016. It can also be concluded that there are 20,733,395 babies born every day and 14,399 babies born every minute which is mean that 240 babies born every second in the year 2016. Maybe one of them is you.
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