You are 83 Years, 08 Months, 16 Days old from January 24, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 30578 days, your next Birthday will be after 03 Months, 14 Days or Your next birthday is in 103 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 08, 1942 (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 24, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 83 Years, 08 Months, 16 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 1004 Months 16 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 4368 Weeks 2 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 30578 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 733865 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 44031928 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2641915691 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 08, 2026 (Friday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 03 Months, 14 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1942 is not a leap year. |
May 08, 1942 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is May 08, 1942, is Taurus.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | V.VIII.MCMXLII
May 08, 1942 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXXXIII Months: VIII Days: XVI |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Spring |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Water Horse
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Find out how many days you have been alive, what day of the week you were born on, and how long you have lived in days weeks months and years since your birth date. Chronological Age measures how old you are defined as how many years you have lived since birth.
The information above is calculated using UTC timezone where the date and time is Saturday, January 24, 2026 17:28:11Here is a random list who born on May 8. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (d. 2015) |
| 1818 | Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1896) |
| 1950 | Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2000) |
| 1628 | Angelo Italia, Sicilian Jesuit and architect (d. 1700) |
| 1986 | Galen Rupp, American runner |
| 1985 | Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast |
| 1973 | Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese author and illustrator |
| 1916 | Ramananda Sengupta, Indian cinematographer (d. 2017) |
| 1974 | Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer |
| 1980 | Benny Yau, Hong Kong-Canadian actor and singer |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 8. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1766 | Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693) |
| 1993 | Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923) |
| 1891 | Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831) |
| 1987 | Doris Stokes, English psychic and author (b. 1920) |
| 1948 | U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900) |
| 1785 | Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719) |
| 1880 | Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) |
| 2021 | Helmut Jahn, German-American architect (b. 1940) |
| 2019 | Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013 (b. 1972) |
| 2022 | Robert Gillmor, British wildlife artist and illustrator (b. 1936) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 8. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1877 | At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens. |
| 1950 | The Tollund Man was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark. |
| 1984 | Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. |
| 1984 | The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances. |
| 1899 | The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play. |
| 1921 | The creation of the Communist Party of Romania. |
| 1373 | Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her Revelations of Divine Love. |
| 1942 | World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula. |
| 1946 | Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn. |
| 1972 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. |