August 18, 2012 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, August 18, 2012 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 86,184,000 breaths and experienced over 492,480,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 104,652,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 11 years, 8 months, and 15 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐉 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: 1,425 days of your life or 3.9 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Marvel's The Avengers

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Avicii according to DJ Mag.

♌ 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 22 ?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

1957

Carole Bouquest, French actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

1941

Christopher Jones, American actor (Wild in the Streets)

1994

Jessie Flower [Michaela Murphy], American actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

1943

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

1966

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

2003

Max Charles, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man; The Neighbors)

1931

Grant Williams, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man)

1968

Greta Lind, American actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)

At the age of 72, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2012 with $69 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $61 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 Bad Poetry Day

National Bad Poetry Day, celebrated every August 18th, encourages everyone to have fun creating and sharing their own awkward and imperfect poems, reminding us that not all poetry has to be serious or perfect to be enjoyed.

National Mail Order Catalog Day

National Mail Order Catalog Day, celebrated every August 18, remembers the era when people shopped from thick booklets full of products mailed to their homes, starting with the first one in 1872.

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.

🏆 Sports in 2012

🏒 NHL

Los Angeles Kings defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 2) to win the 2012 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat New England Patriots (21 - 17) to win Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN.

⚾ MLB

San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers (4 - 0) to win the 2012 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2012 US Open Championships, Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic (7-6(12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 18, 2012 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MMXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 2012
→ Day Index: 231st day of 2012
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 2012
→ Next same calendar year: 2040
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 12 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,156,140 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,425 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 47 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 3.9 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 145 🌑
→ Life path number: 22
→ 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 2012: 7,128,176,935 Source: un.org

The 2012 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2040. So, mark your calendars!

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