13 May 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Friday, May 13, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 276,837,120 breaths and experienced over 1,581,926,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 336,159,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 7 months, and 4 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: 4,577 days of your life or 12.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 13 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 8 ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 13th

1974

Brian Geraghty, American actor (Broadwalk Empire, Big Sky)

1992

Tommy Dorfman, American actress (13 Reasons Why)

1965

Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian (Bakushō Mondai)

1962

Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor

1977

Neil Hopkins, American actor (Lost)

1980

Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress

1956

Richard Madeley, British TV presenter, journalist, columnist and novelist (Richard & Judy, The Wright Stuff)

1947

Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor

📜 Historical events on this date

1787

Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia.

1830

Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president.

1934

Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies.

1940

Winston Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat" in his first speech as Prime Minister to British House of Commons.

1981

Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded by Turkish gunman Mehemet Ali Agca in St Peter's Square, Vatican City.

1989

Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China.

🎄 Holidays on May 13

National Babysitter's Day

National Babysitter's Day is celebrated on the Saturday before Mother's Day to appreciate and thank babysitters for taking good care of our kids, inspired by the idea of chickens "sitting" on their eggs to keep them safe, with the holiday starting in 2003.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day is a day when people across the U.S. come together to donate food to help feed those in need, making it the largest food drive happening in thousands of cities every second Saturday in May.

National Fruit Cocktail Day

National Fruit Cocktail Day, celebrated on May 13th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the tasty and evolved mix of fruits that has moved from a simple lunchbox treat to a stylish summer salad favorite.

🏆 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.

May 13, 1988 can be written as V-XIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 13, 1988
→ Day Index: 134th 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: 19,775,361 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,577 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 150 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 465 🌘
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ 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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