Did you know that January 8, 2017 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 January 8
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 361 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 10 years old. There have been 3291 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1097 days, which is equivalent to 3.01 years. You spent 33.44% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Friday | 10 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 11 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 12 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 13 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 14 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 15 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 16 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 17 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 18 Years Old |
| 2036 | Tuesday | 19 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on January 8

The garnet is the birthstone for people born on January 8, 2017. The garnet represents love, faith, and loyalty. Wearing garnet is said to boost self-esteem and energy levels.
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 January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player |
| 1993 | Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer |
| 1993 | William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player |
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player |
| 1998 | Tony Bradley, American basketball player |
| 1999 | Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter |
| 1999 | Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player |
| 2000 | Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress |
Did you know that on January 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1456 | Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381) |
| 1538 | Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (b. 1504) |
| 1557 | Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522) |
| 1570 | Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510) |
| 1598 | John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525) |
| 1642 | Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564) |
| 1707 | John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648) |
| 1713 | Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653) |
| 1775 | John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706) |
| 1789 | Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on January 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. |
| 1996 | An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed. |
| 2002 | President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. |
| 2003 | Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board. |
| 2003 | Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers. |
| 2004 | The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 2005 | The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. |
| 2009 | A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32. |
| 2010 | Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine. |
| 2011 | Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge. |
In 2017, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Liam is the most used. A total of 18,824 baby boys were named Liam in 2017. The rest were named Noah, William, James and Logan. While the popular baby girl name in 2017 was Emma. There were 19,837 baby girls named Emma that year. While the rest were named Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. 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 2017 there were 7,547,858,900 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 628,988,242. This shows that there were 628,988,242 babies born every month in 2017. It can also be concluded that there are 20,966,275 babies born every day and 14,560 babies born every minute which is mean that 243 babies born every second in the year 2017. Maybe one of them is you.
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