24 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

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

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You’ve taken nearly 275,304,960 breaths and experienced over 1,573,171,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 334,298,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 4 months, and 20 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: 4,552 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

1986

Megan Park, Canadian actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager)

1970

Stephanie Adams, American Playboy playmate (Nov, 1992) who killed herself and her child

1936

(Charles) Mark Goddard, American actor (Lost in Space - "Don West"; The Detectives; Roller Boogie), and teacher

1951

Lynda Carter, American actress (Wonder Woman, Sky High) and Miss USA (1973)

1929

Peter Yates, English film director (Breaking Away, Bullitt)

1984

Sarah Greene, Irish stage and screen actress (The Cripple of Inishmaan; Penny Dreadful; Ransom - "Maxine")

1952

Gus Van Sant, American film director (Good Will Hunting)

1914

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

📜 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 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.

National Day of Motoring

The National Day of Motoring, celebrated on July 24, is a special day created by MINI U.S.A. to inspire everyone, especially those who love road trips and adventures, to take a break from their routine, hop in their cars (Mini or otherwise), and explore the world around them, reigniting the American tradition of road-tripping.

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.

🏆 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: 19,665,716 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,552 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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