24 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Sunday, July 24, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 275,385,600 breaths and experienced over 1,573,632,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 334,396,800 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 4 months, and 24 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: 4,553 days of your life or 12.47 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood (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 3 ?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

1930

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

1940

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

1947

Geoffrey McQueen, TV Writer

1965

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

1899

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

1950

Sam Behrens, American actor (Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law)

1933

John Aniston, American actor (Search for Tomorrow, Day of Our Lives)

1942

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

📜 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.

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 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 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 24, 1988 can be written as VII-XXIV-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 24, 1988
→ Day Index: 206th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,671,525 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,553 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 149 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.47 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 463 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ 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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