8 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Friday, July 8, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 275,627,520 breaths and experienced over 1,575,014,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 334,690,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 5 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 4,557 days of your life or 12.49 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

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

♋ July 8 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 5 ?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 8th

1934

Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein)

1967

Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer

1965

Corey Parker, American actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)

1991

Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is'Thunzi)

1917

Faye Emerson, American actress (I've Got a Secret)

1949

Frank Delima, American comedian

1940

Marcia Rodd, American actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)

1972

Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor (Fudoh: The New Generation)

📜 Historical events on this date

1099

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1497

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.

1777

Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.

1800

Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.

1853

Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.

1948

500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow.

🎄 Holidays on July 8

Math 2.0 Day

Math 2.0 Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about how math and technology team up to create cool stuff and make our lives easier, from video games to smartphones.

National Blueberry Day

National Blueberry Day, celebrated on July 8th, is all about appreciating the tasty and health-packed blueberries, highlighting their nutritional benefits and encouraging everyone to enjoy their deliciousness.

Be a Kid Again Day

Be a Kid Again Day, on July 8, is a fun holiday where everyone gets to act like a kid again, forgetting all adult worries and just having a blast like when they were younger.

🏆 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 8, 1988 can be written as VII-VIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 1988
→ Day Index: 190th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 2nd Friday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,688,933 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,557 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 150 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.49 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 463 🌘
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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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