16 May 2018: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, May 16, 2018 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 50,500,800 breaths and experienced over 288,576,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 61,322,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 6 years, 10 months, and 9 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐕 Born in → The Year of the Dog

😴 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: 835 days of your life or 2.29 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Black Panther

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell according to DJ Mag.

♉ 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 5 ?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

1963

Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician

1937

Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)

1909

Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades, The Shop Around the Corner)

1959

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

1998

Ariel Waller, Canadian child actress

1978

Jim Sturgess, British actor ("Across the Universe"; "The Way Back"), and singer-songwriter

1916

Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film

1936

Roy Hudd, British comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)

At the age of 54, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2018 with $112 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $90 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 Coquilles Saint Jacques Day

National Coquilles Saint Jacques Day, celebrated every May 16th, is all about enjoying a fancy French dish made with scallops, mushrooms, and a creamy sauce, honoring a seafood treat named after St. James.

National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day

National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day, celebrated on May 16, is a day to appreciate and recognize the older members of the LGBT community who fought for equality and helped shape a more accepting society.

National Sea Monkey Day

National Sea Monkey Day, celebrated every May 16th, is a fun holiday that honors the tiny, lab-created brine shrimp pets that many people love to watch grow and play with at home.

🏆 Sports in 2018

🏒 NHL

Washington Capitals defeated Las Vegas Golden Knights (4 - 1) to win the 2018 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots (41 - 33) to win Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2018 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2018 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro (6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 16, 2018 can be written as V-XVI-MMXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 16, 2018
→ Day Index: 136th day of 2018
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 2018
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 7 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,608,217 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 835 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 27 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.29 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 85 🌑
→ Life path number: 5
→ 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 2018: 7,632,819,325 Source: un.org

The 2018 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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