Date:August 21, 1980

August 21, 1980

August 8, 1980 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, August 21, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 333,728,640 breaths and experienced over 1,907,020,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 405,241,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 3 months, and 27 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey


😴 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: 5,518 days of your life or 15.12 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♌ August 21 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 11 ?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 21st

1992
Brad Kavanagh, British stage and screen actor (House of Anubis - "Fabian"), and singer-songwriter

1945
Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (The Hunt For Red October)

1965
Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler

1989
Hayden Panettiere, American actress (One Life to Live)

1987
Kibum [Kim Ki-bum], South Korean actor (Rainbow Romance), and pop singer (Super Junior, 2003-06)

1958
Ralph Marrero, American actor (Dawn of the Dead; The Babe; Johnny Suede)

1962
Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor

1985
Albrecht Schuch, German actor (All Quiet on the Western Front)


📜 Historical events on this date

1192
Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).

1703
The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.

1772
King Gustav III of Sweden completes coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot - ends 50 years of parliamentary rule.

1888
American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.

1911
Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

1959
Hawaii becomes the 50th US state.

1991
Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.


🎄 Holidays on August 21

Internet Self-Care Day
Internet Self-Care Day, celebrated on August 21st, encourages everyone to use the internet to find ways to take better care of themselves, reminding us it's important to look after our own health and well-being too.

National Brazilian Blowout Day
National Brazilian Blowout Day, celebrated every year on August 21, is a day to appreciate a popular hair treatment that keeps your hair smooth and frizz-free all summer.

National Spumoni Day
National Spumoni Day, celebrated on August 21, honors a layered Italian ice cream made with fruits, nuts, and cream, traditionally sliced, not scooped, and now more popular in the US and Argentina than its birthplace, Naples.


🏆 Sports in 1980

🏒 NHL
New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB
Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1980 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 21, 1980 can be written as VIII-XXI-MCMLXXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 21, 1980
Day Index: 234th day of 1980
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1980
Next same calendar year: 2036
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,838,441 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,518 days
Months spent sleeping: 181 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.12 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 561 🌔
Life path number: 11
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 1980: 4,458,411,534 Source: un.org

The 1980 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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