15 May 1987: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Friday, May 15, 1987 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 284,114,880 breaths and experienced over 1,623,513,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 344,996,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 38 years, 6 months, and 30 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 4,698 days of your life or 12.87 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "With or Without You" by U2 (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 15 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 9 ?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 15th

1952

Chazz Palminteri, American actor (The Usual Suspects, Bronx Tale)

1980

Rocky Marquette, American actor

1957

Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler

1968

Todd Porter, American actor (Whiz Kids - "Hamilton")

1970

Nicola Walker, English actress (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Last Tango in Halifax)

1950

Nicholas Hammond, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man)

1941

Lainie Kazan [Levine], American stage and screen singer and actress (Lust in the Dust; Beaches: My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

1988

Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (Hope Morrison-Home and Away

📜 Historical events on this date

1252

Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.

1618

German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his "harmonics law".

1869

National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1940

McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

1951

AT&T becomes the 1st US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases 7 shares worth $1,078.

1988

USSR begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.

🎄 Holidays on May 15

International Family Day

International Family Day, celebrated on May 15th, is a day the United Nations created to honor and appreciate all types of families, recognizing their important role in our lives and society.

Bring Flowers To Someone Day

Bring Flowers To Someone Day, celebrated on May 15th, is a special day where you can make someone's day brighter by giving them flowers, just because you want to spread some happiness and show you care.

National Tuberous Sclerosis Day

National Tuberous Sclerosis Day, celebrated on May 15th, raises awareness about a rare condition called Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, aiming to reduce stigma and support research for those affected.

🏆 Sports in 1987

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 15, 1987 can be written as V-XV-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 15, 1987
→ Day Index: 135th day of 1987
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1987
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 39 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,294,972 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,698 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 154 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.87 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 478 🌖
→ Life path number: 9
→ 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 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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