Date:August 15, 1981

August 15, 1981

August 8, 1981 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Saturday, August 15, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 325,765,440 breaths and experienced over 1,861,516,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 395,572,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 2 months, and 27 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌕 The moon was in Full 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: 5,386 days of your life or 14.76 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 15 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 15th

1912
Julia Child, American chef, author and television personality (The French Chef)

1900
Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything)

1985
Emily Kinney, American actress (The Walking Dead) and singer

1946
Tony Robinson, English actor, comedian and author

1957
Zeljko Ivanek, Slovenian-Croatian-American actor (Damages)

1928
Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and director (Aria, Eureka)

1980
Nathalie Press, English actress (Wasp)

1904
Bill Baird, American puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show)


📜 Historical events on this date

1461
Empire of Trebizond surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmet II - last Byzantine Empire remnant to fall. Emperor David exiled and later murdered.

1620
Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims.

1900
The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion.

1947
India gains independence from Great Britain, remains a dominion until 1950.

1998
Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles, kills 29 people and injures about 220.


🎄 Holidays on August 15

National Back To School Prep Day
National Back to School Prep Day, celebrated on August 15, is all about getting excited and ready for the new school year by making sure you have all your supplies and study area set up.

No Sponge Bob Day
No SpongeBob Day is a fictional holiday from the SpongeBob SquarePants show where everyone in Bikini Bottom takes a break from SpongeBob by celebrating without him, even making and burning a SpongeBob statue in a parody of the Burning Man festival.

National Leathercraft Day
National Leathercraft Day, celebrated on August 15th, is a special day to appreciate and celebrate the skill and creativity involved in making things out of leather, from wallets to belts, recognizing this ancient craft's history and the artists who keep it alive today.


🏆 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.

August 15, 1981 can be written as VIII-XV-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 15, 1981
Day Index: 227th day of 1981
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1981
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,269,861 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,386 days
Months spent sleeping: 177 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.76 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 548 🌕
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 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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