Date:August 23, 1976

August 23, 1976

August 8, 1976 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Monday, August 23, 1976 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 351,207,360 breaths and experienced over 2,006,899,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 426,466,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 47 years, 8 months, and 12 days


📅 You were born on a Monday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐉 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: 5,807 days of your life or 15.91 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rocky


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♍ August 23 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 9 ?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 Mercury


🪨 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 → Wednesday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Bear


Celebrities born on August 23rd

1944
Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors

1943
Bobby Diamond, American actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis)

1964
Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey center (Hartford Whalers, New York Islanders) and broadcaster (TSN Radio, TSN, NBCSN)

1924
Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director

1951
Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers), musician, songwriter, and record producer (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne)

1940
Richard Sanders, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les Nessman")

1956
Skipp Sudduth, American actor (Third Watch)

1954
Charles Busch, American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), in Hartsdale, New York


📜 Historical events on this date

1542
Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code.

1850
1st US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1942
Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die).

1996
Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places".

2005
Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane.


🎄 Holidays on August 23

Health Unit Coordinators Day
Health Unit Coordinators Day, celebrated on August 23, is a special day to appreciate the behind-the-scenes heroes in hospitals who make sure everything runs smoothly, from patient check-ins to handling important paperwork.

Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
The Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, observed on August 22, celebrates the brave uprising of enslaved people in Santo Domingo (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in 1791, leading to Haiti's independence and highlighting the fight against the cruel transatlantic slave trade.

National Valentino Day
National Valentino Day, celebrated on August 23, is a day to remember Rudolph Valentino, a famous movie star from the 1920s, by watching his classic films.


🏆 Sports in 1976

🏒 NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 0) to win the 1976 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (21 - 17) to win Super Bowl X on January 18, 1976 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB
Cincinnati Reds beat New York Yankees (4 - 0) to win the 1976 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1976 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Bjorn Borg (6-4, 3-6, 7-6(11-9), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (6-3, 6-0) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 23, 1976 can be written as VIII-XXIII-MCMLXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 23, 1976
Day Index: 236th day of 1976
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 4th Monday of 1976
Next same calendar year: 2032
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 48 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 25,086,400 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,807 days
Months spent sleeping: 191 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.91 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 591 🌘
Life path number: 9
Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Bear
Power Color: Brown
President of United States:
World population 1976: 4,154,287,594 Source: un.org

The 1976 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2032. So, mark your calendars!

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