14 August 2000: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Monday, August 14, 2000 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 177,387,840 breaths and experienced over 1,013,644,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 215,399,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 24 years, 1 month, and 2 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing 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: 2,933 days of your life or 8.04 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Incomplete" by Sisqo (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Sasha followed by Paul Oakenfold and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♌ August 14 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 6 ?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 14th

1984

Nick Grimshaw, English DJ and television presenter

1949

Bob Backlund, American pro wrestler (WWWF/WWF Heavyweight C'ship 1978-93, 1994; WWF Tag Team C'ship with Pedro Morales)

1951

Carl Lumbly, American actor (Cagney & Lacey, Alias)

1928

Lina Wertmüller [Arcangela Braueich], Italian screenwriter, film director, and 1st woman nominated for an Academy Award for Directing (Seven Beauties)

1985

Charlotte Kate Fox, American actress (Asadora; Massan)

1893

Carl Benton Reid, American actor (Pressure Point, In a Lonely Place)

1926

(Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go)

1979

Yoichiro Morikawa, Japanese film director

At the age of 44, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2000 with $60 billion fortune, followed by Larry Ellison with $47 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1281

During Kublai Khan's Second Invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan.

1842

Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida to Oklahoma.

1945

V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone).

1947

Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain.

1969

British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner.

1980

17,000 workers go on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, marking the beginning of the Solidarity movement.

🎄 Holidays on August 14

National Creamsicle Day

National Creamsicle Day, celebrated on August 14th, is a fun holiday where everyone enjoys the cool, sweet taste of creamsicles, a favorite frozen treat, to beat the summer heat.

Navajo Code Talkers Day

Navajo Code Talkers Day is a day to honor the Navajo marines who created an unbreakable code from their language to help the U.S. communicate secretly during World War II.

National Tattoo Removal Day

National Tattoo Removal Day, celebrated on August 14th, is a day to learn about and consider the option of removing unwanted tattoos using safe laser technology, offering a chance to move on from past ink decisions.

🏆 Sports in 2000

🏒 NHL

New Jersey Devils defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2000 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans (23 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 in Atlanta, GA.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2000 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2000 US Open Championships, Marat Safin defeated Pete Sampras (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 14, 2000 can be written as VIII-XIV-MM. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 14, 2000
→ Day Index: 227th day of 2000
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 2nd Monday of 2000
→ Next same calendar year: 2028
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 25 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 12,670,828 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,933 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 96 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 8.04 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 298 🌔
→ Life path number: 6
→ 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 2000: 6,145,006,989 Source: un.org

The 2000 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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