How old am I if I was born on 5 August, 1948?

You were born on a Thursday and have been alive for 28,325 days!
Your next birthday will be on Wednesday after 164 days.
You are 77 years, 6 months and 17 days old
Or 930 months
Or 4,046 weeks
Or 28,325 days
Or 679,799 hours
Or 40,787,999 minutes
Or 2,447,279,999 seconds
Thursday

If you were born on this date:

  • Your heart has experienced approximately 3,140,675,923 heartbeats since your birth.

  • You've slept for 9,432 days or 25.84 years!

  • You've had about 141,625 dreams.

  • You have taken around 652,608,000 breaths of air.

  • You have spent around 45.29 months eating and drinking.

  • You have eaten about 76.48 tons of food.

  • You have drank about 62,315 liters of water.

  • You have laughed around 481,525 times.

  • You have farted roughly 396,550 times.

  • You have spent about 589.16 days in the bathroom.

  • If your hair were never cut since b-day, today, it would be 11.6 meters long.

All Events

Historical Events on August 5

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).

  • World War I

    1914

    World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.

  • Cleveland, Ohio

    1914

    In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.

  • Apartheid

    1962

    Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.

  • Vietnam War

    1964

    Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

  • Vietnam War

    1974

    Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

  • Afghanistan

    1979

    In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.

  • Ronald Reagan

    1981

    President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.

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