Date:May 16, 1981

May 16, 1981

May 5, 1981 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, May 16, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 327,600,000 breaths and experienced over 1,872,000,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 397,800,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 5 months, and 26 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster


😴 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: 5,417 days of your life or 14.84 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♉ May 16 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 4 ?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 16th

1960
Anne Parillaud, French actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood)

1973
Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality

1990
Thomas Sangster, British actor (Love Actually - "Sam"; Nanny McPhee; The Queen's Gambit)

1948
Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress

1965
Brent Jasmer, actor (Sly-Bold & Beautiful)

1983
Nancy Ajram, Lebanese Arab-pop singer ("Betfakkar Fe Eih" (What Are You Thinking About); "Mitagalak"), and television personality (Arab Idol; The Voice Kids)

1963
Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician

1959
Mare Winningham, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch)


📜 Historical events on this date

1920
Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint.

1943
Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous dambusters Raid, bombing the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs.

1944
1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz.

2013
Human stem cells are successfully cloned.


🎄 Holidays on May 16

National Piercing Day
National Piercing Day, celebrated every May 16, is a day to appreciate and learn about the history and art of body piercings, maybe even inspiring you to consider getting one.

Ride a Unicycle Day
Ride a Unicycle Day, celebrated every May 16th in the US, is a fun day dedicated to getting more people to try riding a unicycle, a one-wheeled vehicle often seen in circuses but also used in unique sports like unicycle hockey and mountain unicycling.

National Mimosa Day
National Mimosa Day, celebrated on May 16, is a fun day dedicated to enjoying a popular brunch cocktail made from champagne and orange juice, often enjoyed at gatherings and named after an Australian flower.


🏆 Sports in 1981

🏒 NHL
New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 16, 1981 can be written as V-XVI-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 16, 1981
Day Index: 136th day of 1981
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1981
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 45 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,400,005 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,417 days
Months spent sleeping: 178 months
Years spent sleeping: 14.84 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 551 🌔
Life path number: 4
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 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 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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