Date:August 20, 1987

August 20, 1987

August 8, 1987 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, August 20, 1987 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 270,244,800 breaths and experienced over 1,544,256,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 328,154,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 8 months, and 13 days


πŸ“… You were born on a Thursday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


βŒ› Born into β†’ Millennials Generation


πŸ‡ Born in β†’ The Year of the Rabbit


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?πŸ’€ Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 4,468 days of your life or 12.24 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby


🎢 #1 song on your birthday: "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.


πŸ”’ 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.


πŸͺ Your ruling planet is Sun β˜‰


πŸͺ¨ 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.


πŸ“… Your lucky day β†’ Sunday


πŸ¦… Your spirit animal β†’ Salmon


⭐ Celebrities born on August 20th

1966
Colin Cunningham, American actor (Centigrade, Falling Skies)

1962
James Marsters, American actor (Spike-Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

1949
Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter

1990
Γ–ykΓΌ Karayel, Turkish actress (Kuzey GΓΌney)

1984
Golan Yosef, Dutch actor and dancer

1956
Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country)

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

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


πŸ“œ 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.


πŸŽ„ 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.


πŸ† Sports in 1987

πŸ’ 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.


πŸ”¦ Facts Summary for August 20, 1987
β†’ Day Index: 232nd day of 1987
β†’ Day of week: Thursday
β†’ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1987
β†’ Next same calendar year: 2026
β†’ Days until next birthday:
β†’ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
β†’ Days since birth:
β†’ You are: 19,303,391 minutes old
β†’ Days spent sleeping: 4,468 days
β†’ Months spent sleeping: 147 months
β†’ Years spent sleeping: 12.24 years
β†’ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
β†’ Full moons since birth: 454 🌘
β†’ Life path number: 8
β†’ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
β†’ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
β†’ Birth flower: Gladiolus
β†’ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
β†’ Spirit Animal: Salmon
β†’ Power Color: Orange
β†’ President of United States:
β†’ 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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