22 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Friday, July 22, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 275,446,080 breaths and experienced over 1,573,977,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 334,470,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 4 months, and 27 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter 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: 4,554 days of your life or 12.48 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 22 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 1 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 22nd

1967

Rhys Ifans [Evans], Welsh actor (Notting Hill, Enduring Love), and rock singer (The Peth)

1953

Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress

1939

Gila Almagor, Israeli actress

1963

Joanna Going, actress (Lisa Grady-Another World)

1940

Stan Ross, American actor

1978

A. J. Cook, Canadian actress

1947

Albert Brooks, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)

1955

Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning)

📜 Historical events on this date

1099

First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1456

Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II.

1515

First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence.

1942

Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp.

1963

Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule.

2011

Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya.

🎄 Holidays on July 22

Pi Approximation Day

Pi Approximation Day celebrates the mathematical constant pi (≈ 3.14) by enjoying math-related activities and eating pie, making it a fun day to appreciate how often we use pi in math while enjoying some tasty treats.

Mango Day

Mango Day, celebrated on July 22, is a summer holiday where people around the world enjoy the sweet and juicy qualities of mangoes, a popular fruit that comes in many varieties and is especially significant in South Asia, the world's largest mango-producing region.

Lion's Share Day

Lion's Share Day, celebrated on July 22nd, is a fun holiday where we treat someone with extra kindness and generosity, inspired by a story from Aesop's fables.

🏆 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.

July 22, 1988 can be written as VII-XXII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 22, 1988
→ Day Index: 204th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 4th Friday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,675,137 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,554 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 149 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.48 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 463 🌓
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ 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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