18 May 1998: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Monday, May 18, 1998 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 203,132,160 breaths and experienced over 1,160,755,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 246,660,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 27 years, and 7 months

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 3,359 days of your life or 9.2 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Saving Private Ryan

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "My All" by Mariah Carey (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Paul Oakenfold followed by Carl Cox and Judge Jules according to DJ Mag.

♉ May 18 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 18th

1924

Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS)

1896

Walter Fitzgerald, English actor

1911

Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee)

1992

Spencer Breslin, American actor

1988

Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

1934

Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive

1954

Barry E. Jackson, American film production designer, animator, illustrator, graphic artist, and children's book author

1958

Toyah Wilcox, English singer ("I Want to Be Free"), actress, and Mrs. Robert Fripp

📜 Historical events on this date

1291

Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre.

1291

After 100 years of crusader control, Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.

1804

Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

1896

Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.

1974

India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.

2009

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

🎄 Holidays on May 18

I Love Reese's Day

"I Love Reese's Day," celebrated every May 18, is a holiday created by the Hershey Company to honor the beloved Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, a top-selling candy since 1928, following an online petition supported by 40,000 fans.

Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day

Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a day to send digital cards to friends and family, promoting a quick, cost-effective, and eco-friendly way to show you care.

National Cheese Soufflé Day

National Cheese Soufflé Day, celebrated on May 18, is all about enjoying and making the fluffy French dish, cheese soufflé, with friends and family, honoring a tradition that dates back to a famous cookbook from the 1700s.

🏆 Sports in 1998

🏒 NHL

Detroit Red Wings defeated Washington Capitals (4 - 0) to win the 1998 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers (31 - 24) to win Super Bowl XXXII on January 25, 1998 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat San Diego Padres (4 - 0) to win the 1998 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1998 US Open Championships, Patrick Rafter defeated Mark Philippoussis (6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Lindsay Davenport beat Martina Hingis (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 1998 can be written as V-XVIII-MCMXCVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 1998
→ Day Index: 138th day of 1998
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1998
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 28 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 14,510,438 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 3,359 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 110 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 9.2 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 342 🌗
→ 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 1998: 5,988,846,103 Source: un.org

The 1998 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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