August 29th, 1978

Born on August 29th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 324 days, exactly on March 15th, 2025, people who were born on August 29th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

August 29th, 1831

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

August 29th, 1786

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 29th

Born on August 29th, 1978

45

Celestine Babayaro

Nigerian association football player

*August 29th, 1978, Kaduna

45

Jérémie Elkaïm

French actor, screenwriter and film director

*August 29th, 1978, Châtenay-Malabry

45

Timo Rost

German footballer

*August 29th, 1978, Lauf an der Pegnitz

45

Daniel Christensen

German Danish actor

*August 29th, 1978, Wasserburg am Inn

45

Volkan Arslan

Turkish footballer

*August 29th, 1978, Hanover

45

Déborah Anthonioz

French snowboarder

*August 29th, 1978, Thonon-les-Bains

45

Won-G Bruny

Won-G Bruny is a Haitian-American rapper.

*August 29th, 1978, Port-au-Prince

45

Yael Goldman

Israeli television host, actress, and model

*August 29th, 1978, Kiryat Ono

45

Beth Dover

American actress

*August 29th, 1978, Chicago

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 29th?

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

44

Stijn Devolder

Road bicycle racer

*August 29th, 1979, Kortrijk

30

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

44

Youssoupha

French singer and rapper

*August 29th, 1979, Kinshasa

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

37

Andrey Amador

Costa Rican road bicycle racer

*August 29th, 1986, San José

37

Lea Michele

American actress and singer

*August 29th, 1986, The Bronx

46

Jo Weil

German actor

*August 29th, 1977, Frankfurt

65

Lenny Henry

British comedian

*August 29th, 1958, Dudley

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

37

Hajime Isayama

Japanese manga artist

*August 29th, 1986, Hita

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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