24 July 1986: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, July 24, 1986 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 290,041,920 breaths and experienced over 1,657,382,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 352,193,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 39 years, 4 months, and 20 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐅 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: 4,796 days of your life or 13.14 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Top Gun

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel (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 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 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

1942

Chris Sarandon, American actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick)

1987

Mara Wilson, American actress (Mrs Doubtfire)

1926

Colin Low, Canadian documentary and animation filmmaker (City of Gold)

1807

Ira Aldridge, famed 19th century African American Shakespearian actor (Othello)

1899

Chief Dan George [Tes-wah-no], Canadian Indian author, poet and actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man, Smith!)

1947

Geoffrey McQueen, TV Writer

1982

Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand Oscar-winning actress (The Piano, True Blood)

1948

Marvin the Martian, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Haredevil Hare"

📜 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 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.

National Amelia Earhart Day

National Amelia Earhart Day, celebrated on July 24th, honors the birthday of a legendary female pilot known for her groundbreaking achievements in aviation and her mysterious disappearance while trying to fly around the world.

National Tell An Old Joke Day

National Tell An Old Joke Day, celebrated on July 24th, is a fun holiday where everyone shares classic, well-known jokes to keep the laughter and tradition of old humor alive.

🏆 Sports in 1986

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 1) to win the 1986 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots (46 - 10) to win Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox (4 - 3) to win the 1986 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1986 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 24, 1986 can be written as VII-XXIV-MCMLXXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 24, 1986
→ Day Index: 205th day of 1986
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1986
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,718,348 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,796 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 157 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.14 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 488 🌖
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1986: 4,963,633,228 Source: un.org

The 1986 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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