24 August 1989: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Thursday, August 24, 1989 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 267,402,240 breaths and experienced over 1,528,012,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 324,702,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 3 months, and 24 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐍 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: 4,421 days of your life or 12.11 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Batman

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♍ August 24 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 5 ?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 24th

1983

Christopher Parker, British actor (Eastenders)

1962

Craig Kilborn, American television host (ESPN's SportsCenter, 1993-96; The Daily Show, 1996-98; The Late Late Show, 1999-2004)

1980

Sonja Bennett, Canadian actress (Punch)

1998

Sofia Richie, American model and social media personality

1947

Anne Archer, American actress (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games)

1995

Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model

1958

Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)

1990

Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress (The Great Gatsby; Widows; Tenet)

📜 Historical events on this date

Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Roman Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die.

410

Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

1516

Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively beat the Mamluk Sultanate.

1572

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces.

1662

Act of Uniformity requires English to accept Book of Common Prayer.

1814

British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812).

1968

France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.

🎄 Holidays on August 24

National Knife Day

National Knife Day, on August 24th, celebrates the importance and versatility of knives, tools humans have used since the Stone Age, by showcasing skills, buying new knives, and sharing with others.

Vesuvius Day

Vesuvius Day is observed every August 24th to remember the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and took many lives.

William Wilberforce Day

William Wilberforce Day celebrates the birthday of William Wilberforce, a British politician who fought to end the slave trade, with various festivities and events held in his honor.

🏆 Sports in 1989

🏒 NHL

Calgary Flames defeated Montreal Canadiens (4 - 2) to win the 1989 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals (20 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXIII on January 22, 1989 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 0) to win the 1989 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1989 US Open Championships, Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl (7-6(7-2), 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Martina Navratilova (3-6, 7-5, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 24, 1989 can be written as VIII-XXIV-MCMLXXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 24, 1989
→ Day Index: 236th day of 1989
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1989
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,100,323 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,421 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 145 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.11 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 450 🌗
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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 1989: 5,240,735,117 Source: un.org

The 1989 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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