Date:May 15, 1988

May 15, 1988

May 5, 1988 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Sunday, May 15, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 264,841,920 breaths and experienced over 1,513,382,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 321,593,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 11 months, and 19 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌘 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: 4,379 days of your life or 12 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan (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 1 ?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

1961
Katrin Cartlidge, British actress

1955
Lee Horsley, American actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)

1980
Rocky Marquette, American actor

1972
David Charvet, actor (Melrose Place)

1982
Alex Breckenridge, American actress

1937
(Trinidad) "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen)

1967
Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress

1944
Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)


📜 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

National Safety Dose Day
National Safety Dose Day, observed every May 15th, focuses on teaching people how to safely use prescription medicines to prevent addiction and save lives, highlighting the dangers of opioids which have become a major cause of accidental deaths in the U.S.

Straw Hat Day
Straw Hat Day, celebrated on May 15th, is all about appreciating and wearing straw hats, a timeless accessory that offers both style and protection from the sun.

National Nylon Stocking Day
National Nylon Stocking Day, celebrated every May 15th, is a day to appreciate the impact that nylon stockings have had on fashion since they were first introduced.


🏆 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 15, 1988 can be written as V-XV-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 15, 1988
Day Index: 136th day of 1988
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,917,372 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,379 days
Months spent sleeping: 144 months
Years spent sleeping: 12 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 445 🌘
Life path number: 1
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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