15 May 2012: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Tuesday, May 15, 2012 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 90,941,760 breaths and experienced over 519,667,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 110,429,280 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 12 years, 4 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐉 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: 1,504 days of your life or 4.12 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Marvel's The Avengers

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Avicii according to DJ Mag.

♉ 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 7 ?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

1981

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress

1967

Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress

1978

Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress (Niagra Motel; Mary Kills People)

1936

Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American Tony Award-winning stage singer and actress (Carnival), and film star (Cinderfella)

1937

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

1957

Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler

1990

Stella Maxwell, Irish-New Zealand model

1970

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

At the age of 72, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2012 with $69 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $61 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 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.

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.

National Chocolate Chip Day

National Chocolate Chip Day celebrates the delicious accident of chocolate chips, invented after the chocolate chip cookie itself around 1940, when a baker ran out of regular chocolate and used semi-sweet chocolate instead.

🏆 Sports in 2012

🏒 NHL

Los Angeles Kings defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 2) to win the 2012 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat New England Patriots (21 - 17) to win Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN.

⚾ MLB

San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers (4 - 0) to win the 2012 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2012 US Open Championships, Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic (7-6(12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 15, 2012 can be written as V-XV-MMXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 15, 2012
→ Day Index: 136th day of 2012
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2012
→ Next same calendar year: 2040
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 13 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,497,103 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,504 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 49 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 4.12 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 153 🌘
→ Life path number: 7
→ 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 2012: 7,128,176,935 Source: un.org

The 2012 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2040. So, mark your calendars!

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