Jessica Bibby

Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player

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Born: August 23, 1979
Age in 2026: 47
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1979

About Jessica Bibby

Jessica Bibby (born 23 August 1979) is an Australian sportswoman. She has played nearly 400 games in the WNBL and won several WNBL Championships. She has played for the Dandenong Rangers and Canberra Capitals. She was drafted by the WNBA's New York Liberty in 2000 and played for the team. She has played for the Australian national basketball team at junior and senior level. In 2017, turned to Australian rules football, playing for Greater Western Sydney in all seven games of the 2017 AFL Women's season. Bibby retired from professional sport at the end of the season. == Personal == Bibby was born on 23 August 1979. She is 169 centimetres (67 in) tall. In 1999, she seriously injured her back, and it was possible that she might never play basketball again, but surgery allowed her to return to the sport.

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Career and life highlights

In 2011, Bibby was a member of the QBL's Gladstone Port City Power that won their third championship in three years.
She has won several championships in the WNBL.

The world when Jessica Bibby was born

Jessica Bibby was born in 1979. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1979

#1 song"My Sharona" – The Knack
Top movieKramer vs. Kramer
Top TV showLaverne & Shirley
Best-selling bookThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Headlines and milestones

Major sports moment"Miracle on Ice" (1980 — actually)
Top headlineIran hostage crisis begins
Technology milestoneSony Walkman released — portable music goes mainstream
Defining fadSony Walkman — portable music revolution
Notable inventionSony Walkman
World population4.38 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
Also wonSeattle SuperSonics (NBA)
U.S. population225.1M

1979 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jessica Bibby's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1979	2026
Gas	$0.86	$3.45/gal
Average home	$62,900	$435,000
Average income	$19,554	$67,500
Minimum wage	$2.90	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$2.51	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.15	$0.73
Population	225.1M	341 million

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