Date:August 1, 1988

August 1, 1988 Birthday Answers

August 8, 1988 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 1, 1988 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 8 months, and 28 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 263,188,800 breaths and experienced over 1,503,936,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 319,586,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Monday


🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐉 Born in → The Year of the Dragon


😴 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: 4,352 days of your life or 11.92 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♌ August 1 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 8 ?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 Sun ☉


🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Sunday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon


⭐ Celebrities born on August 1st

1990
Landry Allbright, American actress (Bridget Forrester in Bold & Beautiful)

1979
Honeysuckle Weeks, Welsh actress (Foyle's War)

1972
D-Von Dudley, American professional wrestler

1981
Ashley Parker Angel, American pop singer (O-Town), and actor

1975
Mandy Leigh, American actress (Bloodscent)

1984
Valery Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress (Hit the Floor)

1961
Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK; 8 Seconds; I Want to Live)

1958
Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor (Hear My Song, Line of Duty)


📜 Historical events on this date

527
Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

1086
Results of the Domesday inquiry presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation and the Great Domesday are historically contestable).

1774
Joseph Priestley, English theologian, chemist and author discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state.

1834
Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire - Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into effect.

1958
US atomic submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st transit of North Pole "operation Sunshine".


🎄 Holidays on August 1

World Wide Web Day
World Wide Web Day, celebrated on August 1st, appreciates how the web connects us globally, making communication, information access, and entertainment easier and cheaper than ever before.

Respect For Parents Day
Respect for Parents Day, celebrated on August 1st, is a day dedicated to showing appreciation and love for parents and parental figures, recognizing their hard work and sacrifices for their children's well-being.

Woman Astronomers Day
Woman Astronomers Day, celebrated on August 1st, honors the incredible, often unrecognized, achievements of women in astronomy and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging women's contributions to science.

Play Ball Day
Play Ball Day, celebrated every August 1st, is a fun day created by Major League Baseball and USA Baseball to get kids excited about playing baseball and softball through cool games and activities, helping them learn new skills and maybe even spark a love for a future in sports.

Rounds Resounding Day
Rounds Resounding Day, celebrated on August 1st, is a day to enjoy and practice the art of round singing, where different voices sing the same melody at intervals, creating a harmonious and catchy musical effect, much like the nursery rhymes we can't get out of our heads.


🏆 Sports in 1988

🏒 NHL
Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1988 US Open Championships, Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 1, 1988 can be written as VIII-I-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 1, 1988

Day Index: 214th day of 1988
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 1st Monday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,800,500 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,352 days
Months spent sleeping: 143 months
Years spent sleeping: 11.92 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 443 🌖
Life path number: 8
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Salmon
Power Color: Orange
President of United States:
World population 1988: 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

The 1988 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2044. So, mark your calendars!

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