August 24, 2016 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn cool facts about Wednesday, August 24, 2016 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 56,589,120 breaths and experienced over 323,366,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 68,715,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, 8 months, and 8 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 936 days of your life or 2.56 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Cheap Thrills" by Sia Featuring Sean Paul (source: Billboard Hot 100)

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

1990

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

1975

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

1977

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

1981

Chad Michael Murray, American actor (One Tree Hill)

1960

Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker (Dead or Alive)

1973

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

1947

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

1995

Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model

At the age of 60, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2016 with $75 billion fortune, followed by Amancio Ortega with $67 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

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.

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 SKAM Artist Day

National SKAM Artist Day, celebrated on August 24th, honors Sujit Kundu, the founder of SKAM Artist, a DJ management company with famous DJs, marking his contributions to the entertainment industry.

🏆 Sports in 2016

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated San Jose Sharks (4 - 2) to win the 2016 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers (24 - 10) to win Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA.

⚾ MLB

Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians (4 - 3) to win the 2016 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2016 US Open Championships, Stan Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic (6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliškova (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 24, 2016 can be written as VIII-XXIV-MMXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 24, 2016
→ Day Index: 237th day of 2016
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 2016
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 4,043,395 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 936 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 31 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.56 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 95 🌖
→ 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 2016: 7,466,964,280 Source: un.org

The 2016 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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