Date:August 18, 1981

August 18, 1981

August 8, 1981 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, August 18, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 314,455,680 breaths and experienced over 1,796,889,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 381,839,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 42 years, 8 months, and 15 days


📅 You were born on a Tuesday


🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 5,199 days of your life or 14.24 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 18 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 9 ?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 18th

1983
Mika [Michael Holbrook Penniman] British-American pop singer (Grace Kelly; Dodgy Holiday), an Italian television personality

1959
Tom Prichard, American wrestler

1965
Jim Florentine, American comedian

1952
Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing; Ghost), and singer-songwriter (She's Like The Wind)

1939
Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian

1964
Craig Bierko, American actor

1967
Julie Kristen Smith, American actress (Showgirls)

1971
Jacob Vargas, American actor (Mi vida loca)


📜 Historical events on this date

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


🎄 Holidays on August 18

National Couple's Day
National Couples Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a special day dedicated to appreciating and honoring your significant other, celebrating love and partnership with romantic gestures and activities.

Kool Aid Day
Kool Aid Day in Hastings, Nebraska, is a colorful and fun-filled festival celebrating the iconic drink with contests, parades, and even boat racing, happening every second weekend of August.

National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of ice cream pies, combining creamy ice cream with various crusts and flavors to create an over-the-top dessert.


🏆 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 18, 1981 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 1981
Day Index: 230th day of 1981
Day of week: Tuesday
Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 1981
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 43 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 22,461,908 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,199 days
Months spent sleeping: 171 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.24 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 529 🌖
Life path number: 9
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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