Date:August 23, 1988

August 23, 1988

August 8, 1988 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Tuesday, August 23, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 262,805,760 breaths and experienced over 1,501,747,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 319,121,280 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 8 months, and 10 days


📅 You were born on a Tuesday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐉 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: 4,345 days of your life or 11.91 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Monkey" by George Michael (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 3 ?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

1960
Chris Potter, Canadian actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues)

1930
Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets)

1947
David Robb, British actor (I, Claudius)

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

1922
Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang)

1923
Humphrey Fisher, TV producer

1963
Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker (Joint Security Area, Thirst)

1961
Alexandre Desplat, French film composer (The Grand Budapest Hotel)


📜 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

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.

National Sponge Cake Day
National Sponge Cake Day, celebrated on August 23rd, is a fun holiday to bake and enjoy sponge cake, a light and fluffy dessert invented for a Spanish nobleman by an Italian chef in the 1500s.

Find Your Inner Nerd Day
Find Your Inner Nerd Day is a fun day created by a cool nerd named Beth Z, where you get to dive into what you love most, like video games or books, and let your inner geek shine without worrying about what others think.


🏆 Sports in 1988

🏒 NHL
Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1988 US Open Championships, Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 23, 1988 can be written as VIII-XXIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 23, 1988
Day Index: 236th day of 1988
Day of week: Tuesday
Week Index: 4th Tuesday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,772,136 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,345 days
Months spent sleeping: 143 months
Years spent sleeping: 11.91 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 442 🌔
Life path number: 3
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 1988: 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

The 1988 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2044. So, mark your calendars!

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