Date:August 23, 2001

August 23, 2001 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2001 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Thursday, August 23, 2001 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: 22 years, 7 months, and 28 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 166,844,160 breaths and experienced over 953,395,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 202,596,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Z


🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent


😴 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: 2,759 days of your life or 7.56 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Fallin" by Alicia Keys (source: Billboard Hot 100).


The number 1 DJ in the world was John Digweed followed by Sasha and Danny Tenaglia according to DJ Mag.

♍ 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 7 ?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

1976
Scott Caan, American actor

1956
Skipp Sudduth, American actor (Third Watch)

1974
Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor

1973
Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model

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

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

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

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

At the age of 45, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2001 with $58.7 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $32.3 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 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.

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.

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 Ride The Wind Day
National Ride The Wind Day, celebrated on August 23, commemorates the first successful human-powered flight, encouraging us to explore and appreciate the thrill and innovation of flying using our own power.

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 2001

🏒 NHL
Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 3) to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants (34 - 7) to win Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the 2001 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2001 US Open Championships, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 23, 2001 can be written as VIII-XXIII-MMI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 23, 2001

Day Index: 235th day of 2001
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 4th Thursday of 2001
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 23 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 11,917,544 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,759 days
Months spent sleeping: 90 months
Years spent sleeping: 7.56 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 281 🌒
Life path number: 7
Zodiac sign: Virgo ♍
Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
Birth flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
Spirit Animal: Bear
Power Color: Brown
President of United States: George W. Bush (Republican)
World population 2001: 6,223,412,158 Source: un.org

The 2001 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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