Date:August 24, 2000

August 24, 2000 Birthday Answers

August 8, 2000 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, August 24, 2000 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: 23 years, 7 months, and 29 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 174,222,720 breaths and experienced over 995,558,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 211,556,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 2,881 days of your life or 7.89 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: How the Grinch Stole Christmas


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet Jackson (source: Billboard Hot 100).


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

♍ 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 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 24th

1961
Jared Harris, Irish-British actor (Valery Legasov-Chernobyl)

1981
Chad Michael Murray, American actor (One Tree Hill)

1977
Funke Akindele, Nigerian director, *producer and actress (Jenifa)

1963
Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director (Death Stranding)

1975
[Simon] James D'Arcy, English actor (Agent Carter; Dunkirk)

1995
Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model

1958
Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)

2000
Griffin Gluck, American actor (Locke & Key)

At the age of 44, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2000 with $60 billion fortune, followed by Larry Ellison with $47 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

79
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

Pluto Demoted Day
Pluto Demoted Day, on August 24, marks the day when scientists decided Pluto wasn't a main planet but a smaller "dwarf planet" because it's not the biggest thing in its path around the sun.

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.

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.

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.

National Waffle Day
National Waffle Day, celebrated on August 24th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy all kinds of waffles, from Belgian to Hong Kong style, with toppings like syrup and fruit, or even as sandwiches and hotdog buns.


🏆 Sports in 2000

🏒 NHL
New Jersey Devils defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2000 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans (23 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000 in Atlanta, GA.

⚾ MLB
New York Yankees beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2000 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2000 US Open Championships, Marat Safin defeated Pete Sampras (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Lindsay Davenport (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 24, 2000 can be written as VIII-XXIV-MM. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 24, 2000

Day Index: 237th day of 2000
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 4th Thursday of 2000
Next same calendar year: 2028
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 24 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 12,445,347 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,881 days
Months spent sleeping: 94 months
Years spent sleeping: 7.89 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 293 🌘
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:
World population 2000: 6,145,006,989 Source: un.org

The 2000 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2028. So, mark your calendars!

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