January 1, 1840

January 1, 1840, was a Wednesday. It was 184 years, 3 months, and 17 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 67,314 days ago. Approximately 2,244 months have passed. It was the 1st day of 1840, in week 01. The decade was the 1840s. Everyone who was born on this day is now dead. 1840 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. The Earth has experienced 748 seasons of weather since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 1, 1840, will have the star sign Capricorn.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1840 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
Native American Zodiac: January 1, 1840 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 1.

J. Edgar Hoover

The first Director of the FBI Deceased
Born on January 1, 1895
He was born exactly 55 years after this date.

Grandmaster Flash

Hip Hop DJ
Born on January 1, 1958
He was born exactly 118 years after this date.

Verne Troyer

Actor Deceased
Born on January 1, 1969
He was born exactly 129 years after this date.

Ice Spice

Rapper
Born on January 1, 2000
She was born exactly 160 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on January 1:

New Year's Day

US President

Martin Van Buren was the President of the United States on January 1, 1840.

UK Prime Minister

William Lamb was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on January 1, 1840 was most likely conceived around April 10, 1839.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 1, 1840 is close to September 23, 1840.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 1, 1840:

67,314 days have passed since this date.
9,616 weeks have passed.
5,815,924,479 seconds have passed since January 1, 1840.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 6,785,245,226 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 3,001,017,031,164 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 969,320,747 times.
You have taken approximately 500,169,505 steps. That's roughly 222,298 miles.
69,791,094 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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