May 8, 1980

This is a thorough look at the essential facts regarding May 8, 1980, that no one tells you about. Prepare to have your mind blown if your birthday falls on this date.

Discover your zodiac sign, governing planet, soul animal, and attributes. Learn about your numerology number and its properties, as well as your power color and lucky day. Read about important things and events that occurred when you were born. Everything from global and athletic events to the number one song on your birthday, the most popular movie of the year, your birthstone, celebs that share your birthday, and much more!

Learning about yourself gives you direction and depth. The path to self-improvement begins with a journey to discover oneself. Knowing your own objectives, interests, and ambitions is critical. By reading this page, we feel that you will have a better understanding of yourself. 

📅 Day of the Week

What day of the week was May 8th, 1980: In the Georgian calendar, May 8th was the 129th day of 1980. It was the 5th month of the year and the 19th Thursday. This date was 16,246 days ago. It was also the 69th day of Spring, with 24 days left until Summer. In 2036, you will be able to re-use the 1980 calendar. The calendars will be identical in every way.

🗓️ 2nd quarter of the year
🗓️ May 8, 1980, was a Thursday
🗓️ There were 366 days in 1980 since it is leap year.
🗓️ May 8 will fall on a Friday in 2024.

What is my age today?

You’re 44 old, born in the Year of the Monkey 🐒. Your zodiac sign is Taurus ♉, and being born in 1980 makes you a part of the Millennials Generation. Your zodiac sign and the generation you’re born into make a difference in your personality and life. We’ll explain everything further down.

You are part of Generation Y (also known as millenials or "echo boomers" because millennials are often the children of baby boomers). Millennials are a generation that grew up with computers, the internet, and social media. They tend to be confident and accepting of difference since they were raised with the phrase "follow your dreams" and informed they were exceptional. There are no specific dates for when the Millennial generation began and finished. The birth years used by the researchers ranged from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

You’ve been alive for , and you are about . If you’ve been sleeping for 8 hours every day since birth, you’ve slept for 5,415 days or 178 months – almost 33% of your life! Up till today, there have been 551 🌖 full moons since you were born.

You have been alive for:

⏱️ You are  old

With an average heart rate of 80 beats per minute, your heart beat 1,871,539,200 times. A human’s heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times throughout its lifetime. In addition, you took about 327,519,360 breaths since birth. A person resting breathing rate is between 12 and 16 breaths per minute.

🎂 Birthday

You were born on a Thursday in the Spring of 1980. Thur is taken from the Norse deity Thor, who you may recognize from the Marvel Avengers comic. People born on Thursdays do not necessarily resemble Chris Hemsworth, but they do share many of Thor's personality qualities. Thor, or Jupiter in Roman, is an upbeat, friendly, and generally entertaining god, which means Thursday's newborns get to be the stars of the party.

This signifies that your birth date has a numerology of 4. This date also reveals your lucky day is a Friday, and your power color is Green ⬤. Your numerology number makes a difference in your personality and life.

🐒 You were born in the Year of the Monkey
⏳ You have been alive:  or
⭐️ On your next birthday, you will be 45 years old.
🌌 Your birth sign is Taurus

Human blinks about 17 times each minute, so you have blinked about 397,702,080 times in a lifetime. Assuming you took 7,000 steps every day, you’ve walked approximately 2,729,328,000 steps.

Your 45th birthday is away; this year, it will be on a Thursday. The timer below counts down to your upcoming birthday.

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🌠 Did you know: You’ve also traveled more than 25,993,600,000 miles 🚀 through the Milky Way since Earth moves over 1.6 million miles every day.

What day of the week is May 8

May 8, 2024	Wednesday
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🔭 What is my zodiac sign?

You are a Taurus ♉. There are 12 zodiac signs, also known as astrological signs, each having its unique set of strengths, problems, emotions, patterns, connections, and other characteristics. In Astrology, your zodiac sign represents the sun’s location at the time of your birth and has the most significance on your life and personality.

Taurus' life goal is emotional and financial stability, as well as a hidden yearning for a secure, happy, and affluent life/marriage. People born under this sign enjoy gardening, cooking, music, romance, and manual labor, but they loathe rapid changes, complexities, and insecurity of any type. This sign's qualities include being dependable, patient, practical, committed, responsible, and steady, while its flaws include being obstinate, possessive, and unyielding. Scorpio and Cancer have the best overall compatibility with Taurus.

🌌 Ruling Planet: Venus
🐒 Zodiac Animal Sign: Monkey
〰️ Zodiac Quality: Fixed
🌊 Zodiac Element: Water

Your ruling planet is Venus ♀. There are ten primary planets, each representing a particular set of features and characteristics and rules over a different aspect of our existence, each with its distinct feel. Just as with the zodiac sign, it’s vital to understand the planets and how they affect your life. They all have various effects on us, and knowing which aspects of our lives they rule is crucial to interpreting your horoscope.

Venus is the planet of love, charm, and wealth. People born with Venus as their governing planet are beautiful, charming, and sensuous.

🌌 What is my Chinese Zodiac sign?

According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, being born in 1980 means your zodiac animal is a Monkey 🐒. The Chinese zodiac follows a 12-year cycle, with each year cycle corresponding to a different animal sign. For more than 2,000 years, Chinese culture has had a zodiac system. The Chinese zodiac animal, like the zodiac signs, has characteristics and importance. The animal that rules a person’s birth year has a significant impact on their personality and fate.

People born in the Year of the Monkey like making others laugh. They seldom rely on others in their everyday lives, which might make them irritated with others. Men born in the Rooster year are always changing, sometimes joyous, sometimes emotional, and women are caring and very down to earth. Unfortunately, people born in the Year of the Rooster are also materialistic.

Dragon is the animal of the year for 2024.

🐺 What is my Spirit Animal?

Beaver is your Spirit Animal. Commitment, determination, inventiveness, and visionary leadership. The Beaver is a powerful family emblem.

🎶 Number 1 song on my birthday

The number one song on May 8, 1980, was – "Call Me" by Blondie

🔀 Popular birthday songs: 50 Cent's 'In Da Club'.

✅ Fact: In the United States, the song “Happy Birthday” is in the public domain. Warner Chappell Music has claimed copyright in the past, however that claim was found to be invalid in 2015.

🔢 My Numerology number

We calculated your numerology number. If you were born on May 8, 1980, your numerology number is 4. Your numerology number is intended to provide information about your larger purpose, such as your strengths, weaknesses, personality, abilities, and objectives. The tone of your experiences, as well as why events occur in the past, present, and future, are revealed by your numerology number.

The Numerology of 4 says that you came into this world with a natural knack for organizing, mending, building, and, somehow, making things work via practical application and mental perfection. The Fours live ordered and systematic lives based on rationality. Structure, discipline, and health are the values of four, and the challenges are to combine your objectives with your desire for security.

🎂 Famous birthdays on this day

Celebrities born on May 8, 1980, are listed below. We could not find a celebrity that shares a birthday with you. However, we update our database constantly, and invite you to check back later to see if we found someone with the same birthday..

🗺️ The world on May 8, 1980

Jimmy Carter (Democratic) was President of the United States, and the world population was around 4.46 billion people. In 1980, there were an estimated 125,148,676 infants born across the world. According to Social Security Administration, the most common baby names in 1980 were Jennifer for girls and Michael for males.

In 1980, the TIME Person of the Year was Ronald Reagan. In 1980, President Reagan defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the presidential election.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher was the most popular film of 1980. Pac-Man developed by Atari, Inc. and Namco, was one of the most popular video games in 1980.

🎅 Holidays on May 8

No major holidays found for this date.

📜 Historical events on this day

English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.
1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.
V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.

🏟️ Sporting events in 1980

⚽ The 1980 UEFA Champions League season was the 25th season of Europe's elite club football tournament. In the final, played in Madrid, Nottingham Forest defeated Hamburg 1 - 0.

🏏 India and West Indies faced off in the 1983 Cricket World Cup at Lord's in London, England. In the final, India defeated West Indies by 43 runs.

🏈 Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series.

🏀 Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 NBA Finals.

🏒 New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup.

🎾 In the 1980 US Open Tennis Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bj�rn Borg (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 5-7, 6-4) to win men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandl�kov� (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) to become US Open women's singles champion.

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🪨 What is my Birthstone?

The birthstone for May 8 is Emerald. The emerald is the only birthstone for May. The name is taken from the Greek word for green, "smaragdos." The color of the diamond can range from mild to a deep, rich green. The emerald is a mineral in the beryl family that has been prized since ancient times as a symbol of rebirth.

🌸 What is my Birth Flower?

According to BirthdayFact, the birth flower for May 8 is Lily of the valley. The floral meaning of lily of the valley is humility, chastity, sweetness, and purity, and it is thought to bring luck in love. It also represents "the return of happiness," which is why it is frequently used as a wedding adornment. Convallaria majalis, often known as lily of the valley, blooms in May.

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