August 1st, 1969

Born on August 1st, 1969

Weekday

Friday

August 1st, 1969 was a Friday.

Age

People born on August 1st, 1969 will turn 57 this year (2026), in exactly 54 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1969 - August 23rd, 1969

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 20,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 235 days, exactly on January 29th, 2027, people who were born on August 1st, 1969 will be 21,000 days old!

20,765 Days

2,966 Weeks

682 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on August 1st, 1969: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

11 more years of work

You have already worked for 36 years so far and have still 11 years of hard work to come until you can retire in 2037 at the age of 67.

What happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

August 1st, 1801

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Born on August 1st, 1969

Same year
Born in 1969

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

Ansgar Brinkmann

German footballer

*July 5th, 1969, Vechta

Thomas Vinterberg

Danish film director

*May 19th, 1969, Copenhagen

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

Andreas Huber

German poolbillard trainer

*February 9th, 1969, Dachau

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

Michael Schumacher

German racing driver

*January 3rd, 1969, Hürth

Matthew Perry

American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)

*August 19th, 1969, Williamstown †October 28th, 2023, Los Angeles

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

Linus Torvalds

Finnish-American software engineer

*December 28th, 1969, Helsinki

Jennifer Lopez

American singer and actress

*July 24th, 1969, The Bronx

Jennifer Aniston

American actress (born 1969)

*February 11th, 1969, Sherman Oaks

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

Rödiger Voss

German-Swiss university teacher

*January 19th, 1969, Cologne

Anne Heche

American actress (1969–2022)

*May 25th, 1969, Aurora †August 12th, 2022, Los Angeles

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

Armed Forces Day (Lebanon)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day

Armed Forces Day (China) or Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Day

Azerbaijani Language and Alphabet Day (Azerbaijan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan

Emancipation Day is a public holiday in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empireen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados

Lughnasadh in the Northern hemisphere, Imbolc in the Southern hemisphere; traditionally begins on the eve of August 1. (Gaels, Ireland, Scotland, Neopagans)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lughnasadh

Lammas (England, Scotland, Neopagans)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammas

Pachamama Raymi (Quechuan in Ecuador and Peru)

The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachamama_Raymi