July 5, 1988 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, July 5, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 263,813,760 breaths and experienced over 1,507,507,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 320,345,280 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 9 months, and 29 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 4,362 days of your life or 11.95 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "The Flame" by Cheap Trick (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 5 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 11 ?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 5th

1975

Kip Gamblin, Australian dancer and actor (Home and Away)

1969

Jenji Kohan, American television writer and producer (Orange is the New Black)

1985

Stephanie McIntosh, Australian pop singer and actress

1949

Marilyn Cole, English Playmate model (Jan, 1972, Playmate of the Year 1973)

1926

Diana Lynn [Dolores Eartha Loehr], American actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go)

1930

Tommy Cook, American producer, screenwriter and actor (Missile to the Moon)

1946

Gwyneth Powell, British actress (Grange Hill - "Mrs McClusky"

1936

Shirley Knight, American actress (Endless Love, Desperate Housewives)

📜 Historical events on this date

1687

Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.

1811

Venezuelan Declaration of Independence: 7 provinces declare themselves independent of Spain.

1852

Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave, delivers his'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' speech to the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, condemns the celebration as hypocritical sham.

1865

US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.

1994

Amazon.com founded in Bellevue, Washington by Jeff Bezos.

2004

First Indonesian presidential election by the people - first round (eventually won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono).

🎄 Holidays on July 5

National Workaholics Day

National Workaholics Day, on July 5, reminds us to balance our work and personal life, because focusing too much on work can negatively affect our relationships, health, and happiness.

Work Without Your Hands Day

Work Without Your Hands Day, celebrated on July 5th and inspired by "SpongeBob SquarePants," is a fun holiday where fans mimic Bikini Bottom residents by finding creative ways to do tasks without using their hands.

National Apple Turnover Day

National Apple Turnover Day, celebrated on July 5, is a day to enjoy the sweet and spicy taste of apple turnovers, a portable version of pie that's easy to make and perfect for apple lovers on the go.

🏆 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 5, 1988 can be written as VII-V-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 5, 1988
→ Day Index: 187th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 1st Tuesday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 18,844,541 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,362 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 143 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 11.95 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 444 🌖
→ Life path number: 11
→ 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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