16 January 2022: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, January 16, 2022 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 28,788,480 breaths and experienced over 164,505,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 34,957,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 3 years, 10 months, and 29 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 476 days of your life or 1.3 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Avatar: The Way of Water

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Easy On Me" by Adele (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by David Guetta and Dmitri Vegas & Like Mike according to DJ Mag.

♑ January 16 zodiac sign is Capricorn ?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 Saturn ♄

🪨 Your birthstone is Garnet ?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 January is Carnation ?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 → Saturday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Goose

⭐ Celebrities born on January 16th

1946

Katia Ricclarelli, Italian soprano and actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)

1987

Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model

1917

William "Buddy" Lester, American comedian and actor (Barney Miller, Phil Silvers Show)

1979

Aaliyah [Haughton], American singer and actress

1918

Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter (In the Heat of the Night, Perry Mason)

1945

Kabir Bedi, Pakistani actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)

1985

Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor (Shershaah)

1982

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress (Borgen, Pitch Perfect 2)

At the age of 50, Elon Musk was the richest person in the world in 2022 with $219 billion fortune, followed by Jeff Bezos with $177 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1412

The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.

1547

Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Moscow.

1605

The first edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.

1793

French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution.

1913

British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening).

1920

1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris.

🎄 Holidays on January 16

Elementary School Teacher Day

Elementary School Teacher Day is a special day celebrated on the third Monday of January to thank the teachers who help young kids learn important things and enjoy learning from when they're about four until they're eleven.

Appreciate a Dragon Day

"Appreciate a Dragon Day, celebrated on January 16th, is a fun holiday where people learn about and celebrate dragons from myths and stories, recognizing their cool features and the important role they play in different cultures' tales."

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the third Monday of January each year, to honor the civil rights leader's birthday and his contributions to achieving equality and justice for all Americans through nonviolent activism.

🏆 Sports in 2022

🏒 NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated Tampa Bay Lightning (4 - 2) to win the 2022 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Los Angeles Rams beat Cincinnati Bengals (23 - 20) to win Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, CA.

⚾ MLB

Houston Astros beat Philadelphia Phillies (4 - 2) to win the 2022 World Series.

⚾ MLB

The 2023 World Series will take place after the regular season concludes in late September or early October.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2022 US Open Championships, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud (6-4, 2-6, 7-6(7-1)) to win the men's singles title. Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur (6-2, 7-6(7-5)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 16, 2022 can be written as I-XVI-MMXXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 16, 2022
→ Day Index: 16th day of 2022
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2022
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 4 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 2,057,648 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 476 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 15 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 1.3 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 48 🌔
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Goose
→ Power Color: Grey
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2022: 7,975,105,156 Source: un.org

The 2022 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2033. So, mark your calendars!

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