# "Numerically Interesting" Dates/Anniversaries **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441 "2009-07-09T11:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/1 "2009-07-09T11:37:40Z")
Our wedding anniversary was yesterday July-8-09 or “7/8/9” and our original wedding date was 7/8/78 and that got me wondering about other “numerically interesting” dates (I’m not sure what to call it). I know there was a big rush of people getting married on July-7 2007 “7/7/7”. Did anything like that happen back in 1977 on 7/7/77? Also, my understanding is that ‘8’ is a lucky number for Chinese folk; was there a surge of weddings or other events on 8/8/8 or 8/8/88? (I believe the summer Olymics launced on 8/8/8 - but what else?) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/2 "2009-07-09T13:15:03Z")
I got married on 01/08/08 (August 1). We probably would have gone for the following week if it was free, but it wasn’t. Not for any numerological significance - just that 08/08/08 would have made the anniversary hard to forget! 😉 (As it is, August 1 is pretty easy.) ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/3 "2009-07-09T13:34:17Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > Also, my understanding is that ‘8’ is a lucky number for Chinese folk; was there a surge of weddings or other events on 8/8/8 or 8/8/88? Well, there are only so many weddings that can be booked for one day because of preparations, but our small parish did indeed have an unusually high number of requests for wedding ceremonies to be performed on that date last year. Especially so considering that it fell on a friday, which is the day funerals are normally held. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/4 "2009-07-09T14:28:36Z")
A friend of mine had June 6, 2006, as her due date. She was so scared she’d have a baby on 6/6/6!! She came a few days early, so they were happy. \ ---
**Author:** ![WorkInProgress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/5 "2009-07-09T14:40:52Z")
My daugther is a 6/6/6 baby. My wife always puts 06/06/2006 on her forms. I think the 6/6/6 is fine because it matches her birthmark. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/6 "2009-07-09T15:00:02Z")
> [@WorkInProgress](#): > > My daugther is a 6/6/6 baby. My wife always puts 06/06/2006 on her forms. I think the 6/6/6 is fine because it matches her birthmark. 😉 You know what you have to do in order to save us all. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/7 "2009-07-09T15:01:21Z")
My daughter’s birthday is March 4th. I like it because it’s the only date that is a strong command, “March forth!” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/8 "2009-07-09T16:22:32Z")
On the last episode of _Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!_ (which was about astrology) they did a very quick segment with a boy who was [supposedly] born at 9:09 on 9/9. Penn was using this kid as an example of how birth dates and times as means of predicting personality was bunk because - he claims - the doctor slowed down the birth so that the boy would be born at exactly 9:09. Totally dubious, I know, but somewhat relevant here. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if someone that pals around with Penn & Teller would do such a thing for the birth of their child 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/9 "2009-07-09T16:33:21Z")
We married six days too soon – as we figured out when we both realized that we had memorized the beginning of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride”: “'Twas on the 12th of April, '75…” that we took our vows. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/10 "2009-07-09T16:47:34Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > Our wedding anniversary was yesterday July-8-09 or “7/8/9” and our original wedding date was 7/8/78 and that got me wondering about other “numerically interesting” dates (I’m not sure what to call it). Well, if you’re going to drop the 0 in 09, then you just missed 12:34:56 7/8/9. I call this meaningless, but numerologists would differ. ---
**Author:** ![UncleFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/11 "2009-07-09T17:34:21Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > Well, if you’re going to drop the 0 in 09, then you just missed 12:34:56 7/8/9. I call this meaningless, but numerologists would differ. Well, I didn’t really miss it. I was having lunch then. (Or sleeping, earlier) My son, when an infant, used to go crazy over the number “4”. 4:44PM was always a big hit. (We’re not Chinese, btw.“4” means “death”, I hear)) Meaningless, yes, but fun on some level also. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/12 "2009-07-09T23:03:52Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > Well, if you’re going to drop the 0 in 09, then you just missed 12:34:56 7/8/9. I call this meaningless, but numerologists would differ. No you didn’t! Just go to any sensible country where they write the day in front of the month, and on 7 August 2009 you will be able to see 12:34:56 7/8/9. Don’t forget to be ready with your camera! > **[Photo du Jour 450: SFist](https://sfist.com/2009/07/08/photo_du_jour_450/)** > > 12:34:56 07/08/09 P.S. For those of you who write MM/DD the American way, celebrate Pi day on 14 March. Pi Day 2015 should be especially interesting. > **[Pi Day | Celebrate Mathematics on March 14th](https://www.piday.org/)** > > Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/13 "2009-07-09T23:22:01Z")
I have a friend who was born on 8/8/64. She says it’s easy to remember her birth date as a multiplication problem. Mr. S and I were married on July 20, 1990. It was pretty much the date that was available, but we liked that it’s the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. Other than that, I got nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/14 "2009-07-10T03:04:34Z")
My partner and her son have palindromic ages, but only every 11 years. This year she turned 51 and he’ll turn 15 shortly, in 2020 they’ll turn 62 and 26, and in 1998 they were 40 and (0)4. This only works if two people are a multiple of 9 years apart, and what multiple of 9 determines what age the younger one is when it first starts, so two people 27 years apart have their first palindromic year at 30 and (0)3 (x9=27). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/15 "2009-07-10T16:02:40Z")
If I had been born 17 days later I’d have been a “pi” baby, born on March 14 (3/14). If I had been born at 3:29 PM (15:29) that have been really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Zackmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19adc/32.png) [@Zackmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zackmo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-interesting-dates-anniversaries/502441/16 "2009-07-10T16:19:53Z")
My cousin, just to be cool, signed her divorce papers at a special time a couple days ago. Now her marriage is officially over as of 12:34:56 7/8/9