Date:August 20, 1987

August 20, 1987 Birthday Answers

August 8, 1987 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Thursday, August 20, 1987 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 8 months, and 5 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 270,103,680 breaths and experienced over 1,543,449,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 327,983,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit


😴 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: 4,466 days of your life or 12.24 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Who's That Girl" by Madonna (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♌ August 20 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 8 ?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 20th

1961
Joe Pasquale, English comedian and TV personality (King of the Jungle - I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!)

1968
Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer

1943
Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor (Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who)

1967
Tori [Terri Poch], American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler

1987
Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB)

1948
John Noble, Australian actor (Dr. Walter Bishop-Fringe) and theatre director

1995
Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather)

1984
Golan Yosef, Dutch actor and dancer


📜 Historical events on this date

1597
1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East.

1619
1st known African Americans in English North America (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia. They are then sold or traded into servitude.

1741
Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition.

1866
President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over.

1905
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.

1968
During the night 200,000 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring.

1993
Oslo Peace Accords signed, after secret negotiations in Norway, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.


🎄 Holidays on August 20

National Radio Day
National Radio Day, celebrated on August 20, is a day to appreciate how radio revolutionized communication by sharing news, music, and more, making the world feel more connected, even though we now often use the internet and TV for those purposes.

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, celebrated on August 20th, is a fun holiday where we bake or eat this delicious dessert that combines the rich flavors of chocolate and pecans, ingredients enjoyed for thousands of years.


🏆 Sports in 1987

🏒 NHL
Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB
Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 20, 1987 can be written as VIII-XX-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 20, 1987

Day Index: 232nd day of 1987
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1987
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 37 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 19,294,238 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,466 days
Months spent sleeping: 147 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.24 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 454 🌘
Life path number: 8
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 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 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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