15 December 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, December 15, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 265,688,640 breaths and experienced over 1,518,220,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 322,621,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, and 30 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 4,393 days of your life or 12.04 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Look Away" by Chicago (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♐ December 15 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?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 8 ?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 Jupiter ♃

🪨 Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?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 December is Narcissus ?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 → Thursday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Owl

⭐ Celebrities born on December 15th

1968

Garrett Wang, American actor (Star Trek Voyager)

1983

Camilla Luddington, British-American actress (Grey's Anatomy - "Dr. Jo Wilson")

1997

Maude Apatow, American actress (Euphoria)

1991

Alana Haim, American singer (Haim) and actress (Licorice Pizza)

1970

Michael Shanks, Canadian actor and director (Stargate)

1985

Sheba Mason [Reiter], American comedian and daughter of Jackie Mason

1988

Emily Head, English actress (The Inbetweeners; Emmerdale, 2016-18)

1966

Manos Papayiannis, Greek fashion model and actor

📜 Historical events on this date

533

Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, under King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.

1256

Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut, in present-day Iran, part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.

1488

Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming 1st known European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope.

1612

German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope.

1791

US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution.

1840

Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death.

1973

American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not a mental illness.

🎄 Holidays on December 15

National Cat Herders Day

National Cat Herders Day, celebrated on December 15th, is a fun holiday that honors people who can skillfully manage chaotic situations, much like trying to herd cats, which is a metaphor for organizing the unorganizable.

National Re-Gifting Day

National Re-Gifting Day is a day celebrated on the third Thursday of December where people give away gifts they've received but don't want, turning it into a fun way to recycle unwanted items.

National Cupcake Day

National Cupcake Day, celebrated every December 15th, is a fun holiday dedicated to enjoying and appreciating the delicious and diverse world of cupcakes, encouraging everyone to indulge in their favorite flavors and styles.

🏆 Sports in 1988

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1988 US Open Championships, Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

December 15, 1988 can be written as XII-XV-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for December 15, 1988
→ Day Index: 350th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 18,977,897 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,393 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 144 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.04 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 447 🌒
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
→ Birth flower: Narcissus
→ Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
→ Spirit Animal: Owl
→ Power Color: Purple
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1988: 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

The 1988 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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