Date:May 20, 1988

May 20, 1988 Birthday Answers

May 5, 1988 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Friday, May 20, 1988 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 11 months, and 6 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 264,600,000 breaths and experienced over 1,512,000,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 321,300,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Friday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 4,375 days of your life or 11.99 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♉ May 20 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 6 ?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 20th

1955
Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer, music video director (Depeche Mode; U2), and film director (The American)

1913
Ion Dumitrescu, Romanian classical and film score composer (The Sun Rises)

1966
Dan Abrams, American TV reporter (Nightline)

1956
Dean Butler, American actor

1933
Constance Towers, American actress (Capitol, Shock Corridor, Naked Kiss)

1920
Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression)

1941
John Strasberg, American actor

1962
Sylvie Rauch, German nude model and actress


📜 Historical events on this date

1498
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609
Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862
US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864
Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927
At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927
Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990
Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.


🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Learn to Swim Day
National Learn to Swim Day is a special day celebrated every third Saturday in May to encourage parents to teach their kids how to swim, aiming to prevent drowning by spreading awareness about water safety.

National River Cleanup Day
National River Cleanup Day is a special day when people across the country come together to clean trash and debris from rivers and their surroundings to help protect the environment and wildlife.

National Armed Forces Day
National Armed Forces Day is a day to honor and thank all the military members of the United States for their service, celebrated on the third Saturday of May every year.

Culture Freedom Day
Culture Freedom Day, celebrated every third Saturday of May, is all about showing the world the importance of sharing art and creativity freely, without letting strict copyright rules stop everyone from enjoying and building on it.

National Rescue Dog Day
National Rescue Dog Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a day to recognize and support the adoption of dogs from shelters, giving them a second chance at a loving home.


🏆 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 20, 1988 can be written as V-XX-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1988

Day Index: 141st day of 1988
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,901,325 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,375 days
Months spent sleeping: 144 months
Years spent sleeping: 11.99 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 445 🌒
Life path number: 6
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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