16 April 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, April 16, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 328,728,960 breaths and experienced over 1,878,451,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 399,170,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 7 months, and 21 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 5,435 days of your life or 14.89 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Kiss on My List" by Hall and Oates (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♈ April 16 zodiac sign is Aries ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 3 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Mars ♂

🪨 Your birthstone is Diamond ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for April is Sweet Pea/Daisy ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Hawk

⭐ Celebrities born on April 16th

1912

Catherine Scorsese [Cappa], Italian-American actress (The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear)

1934

Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster

1914

John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat)

2002

Sadie Sink, American actress (Stranger Things)

1915

Gerard McLarnon, British-Irish actor and writer (The Wrestler's Honeymoon)

1939

Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor

1954

Ellen Barkin, American actress (Big Easy, Sea of Love)

1994

Liliana Mumy, American actress (Cheaper By The Dozen; The Santa Clause; The Loud House)

📜 Historical events on this date

1705

Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge.

1746

Jacobite Rising 1745: Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeat the Jacobite army.

1900

US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps.

1917

Vladimir Lenin issues his radical "April Theses" calling for Soviets to take power during the Russian Revolution [OS Apr 4].

1948

Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris.

2003

Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

🎄 Holidays on April 16

National Orchid Day

National Orchid Day, celebrated on April 16th, is a day to appreciate the beauty and diversity of orchids, one of the largest families of flowering plants, and to remember and honor the memories of loved ones who have passed away.

Selena Day

Selena Day, celebrated on April 16, is a day when fans honor the legacy of Selena, a groundbreaking Tejano singer who made a huge impact on Latin music before her life was tragically cut short at 23, by listening to her music and remembering her remarkable contributions to the music world.

National Eggs Benedict Day

National Eggs Benedict Day, celebrated on April 16th, is all about enjoying a special breakfast dish made with a poached egg on an English muffin with Canadian bacon and creamy Hollandaise sauce, and it's named not after a traitor but from a more interesting story tied to American dining history.

🏆 Sports in 1981

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 16, 1981 can be written as IV-XVI-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 16, 1981
→ Day Index: 106th day of 1981
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,481,811 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,435 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 178 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.89 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 553 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Aries ♈
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mars
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Hawk
→ Power Color: Red
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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