3 December 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, December 3, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 269,095,680 breaths and experienced over 1,537,689,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 326,759,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 6 months, and 17 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌘 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: 4,449 days of your life or 12.19 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird" by Will To Power (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♐ December 3 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 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 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 3rd

1955

Melody Anderson, Canadian actress (Flash Gordon)

1949

Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music; Piranha)

1992

Joseph McManners, English actor

1970

Jennifer Rothschild [Rubin], actress (Judas Project)

1980

Anna Chlumsky, American actress (My Girl, Veep)

1927

Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics)

1966

Flemming Povlsen, Danish soccer forward and broadcaster (62 caps; Borussia Dortmund)

1981

Brian Bonsall, actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)

📜 Historical events on this date

1586

Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia.

1854

Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

1967

1st human heart transplant performed in South Africa by Dr Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky.

1984

Bhopal disaster: Union Carbide pesticide plant leak 45 tons of methyl isocyanate and other toxic compounds in Bhopal, India, kills 2,259 (official figure) - other estimates as high as 16,000 (including later deaths) and over half a million injured.

1989

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, declare the Cold War over.

🎄 Holidays on December 3

Make a Gift Day

Make a Gift Day, celebrated on December 3rd, is all about creating special, handmade presents for your friends and family instead of buying them, making each gift extra special and meaningful.

National Green Bean Casserole Day

National Green Bean Casserole Day, celebrated on December 3rd, honors a beloved, easy-to-make dish that combines green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and crispy fried onions, created by Dorcas Reilly who earned a spot in the Hall of Fame for her iconic contribution to American cuisine.

Bartender Appreciation Day

Bartender Appreciation Day, celebrated on the first Friday of December, is a special day to thank bartenders for making great drinks, keeping us company, and adding fun to our visits to bars and restaurants.

🏆 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 3, 1988 can be written as XII-III-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for December 3, 1988
→ Day Index: 338th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 1st Saturday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,221,497 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,449 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 146 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.19 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 452 🌘
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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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