Date:August 18, 1988

August 18, 1988

August 8, 1988 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, August 18, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 274,881,600 breaths and experienced over 1,570,752,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 333,784,800 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 3 months, and 30 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 4,545 days of your life or 12.45 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood (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 7 ?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

1922
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (Voyeur) and film maker

1944
Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move)

1937
William George Rushton, English actor, author and cartoonist (TW3)

1961
John Viscardi, American actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)

1995
Parker McKenna Posey, American actress (My Wife and Kids)

1966
Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward)

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

1943
Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial)


📜 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 Fajita Day
National Fajita Day, celebrated on August 18th, is all about cooking and enjoying the tasty, sizzling dish of fajitas with your favorite toppings like guacamole, cheese, or spicy sauce.

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.

Never Give Up Day
Never Give Up Day, celebrated on August 18, is a day dedicated to motivating ourselves and others to keep pushing towards our goals, no matter the obstacles.


🏆 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 18, 1988 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 1988
Day Index: 231st day of 1988
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 38 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 19,634,787 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,545 days
Months spent sleeping: 149 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.45 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 462 🌒
Life path number: 7
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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