24 July 1985: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Wednesday, July 24, 1985 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 297,400,320 breaths and experienced over 1,699,430,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 361,128,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 40 years, 4 months, and 20 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 4,917 days of your life or 13.47 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Back to the Future

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ July 24 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 9 ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on July 24th

1940

Dan Hedaya, American actor (Cheers, Marvin's Room, Clueless)

1979

Lee Si-yeon, South Korean actress

1914

Frank Silvera, Jamaican-American actor (High Chaparral, Killer's Kiss, Fear and Desire)

1965

Doug Liman, American film director (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow)

1962

Cleo Rocos, British-Greek comic actress (The Kenny Everett Television Show)

1930

Jacqueline Brookes, American actress (Jack & Mike, Another World)

1913

George H. Brown, English film producer (Hotel Sahara)

1977

Danny Dyer, English actor and television presenter

📜 Historical events on this date

1534

Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France.

1567

Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her 1-year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots.

1832

Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming's South Pass.

1911

American explorer Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas.

1943

Operation Gomorrah: RAF begins bombing Hamburg (till 3rd August), creating a firestorm and killing 42,600 people.

🎄 Holidays on July 24

National Cousins Day

National Cousins Day, celebrated every July 24th, is a day to appreciate and show love to our cousins, who can be our first friends, allies in family gatherings, and cherished relatives.

Pioneer Day

Pioneer Day is a holiday celebrated on July 24th every year in Utah to remember the arrival of the first Mormon pioneers in Utah in 1847, who traveled there to escape religious persecution and is marked today with parades, fireworks, and festivities.

National Drive-Thru Day

National Drive-Thru Day, celebrated on July 24th, is a fun holiday that appreciates being able to grab a meal from your car, a concept that would have seemed wild 100 years ago, by encouraging you to visit your favorite drive-thru for some food.

🏆 Sports in 1985

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

⚾ MLB

Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 24, 1985 can be written as VII-XXIV-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 24, 1985
→ Day Index: 205th day of 1985
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 1985
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 41 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 21,243,371 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,917 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 161 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.47 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 500 🌒
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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