August 24, 2015 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 24, 2015 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 64,048,320 breaths and experienced over 365,990,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 77,772,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

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

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat

😴 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: 1,059 days of your life or 2.9 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Cheerleader" by OMI (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike followed by Hardwell and Martin Garrix 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 22 ?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

1984

Kyle Schmid, Canadian actor

1973

Barret Oliver, American actor (The Neverending Story; The Secret Garden)

1983

Christopher Parker, British actor (Eastenders)

1975

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

1964

Dana Gould, American comedian, actor, and writer (The Simpsons, 2001-07)

1968

Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler

1947

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

1958

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

At the age of 59, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2015 with $79.2 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim with $77.1 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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

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.

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 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 2015

🏒 NHL

Chicago Blackhawks defeated Tampa Bay Lightning (4 - 2) to win the 2015 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks (28 - 24) to win Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, AZ.

⚾ MLB

Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets (4 - 1) to win the 2015 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2015 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer (6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Flavia Pennetta beat Roberta Vinci (7-6(7-4), 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 24, 2015 can be written as VIII-XXIV-MMXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 24, 2015
→ Day Index: 236th day of 2015
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 4th Monday of 2015
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 9 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 4,574,884 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,059 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 35 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.9 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 108 🌔
→ Life path number: 22
→ 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 2015: 7,383,008,820 Source: un.org

The 2015 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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