23 May 2016: Top 25 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Monday, May 23, 2016 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: 7 years, 11 months, and 5 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 58,403,520 breaths and experienced over 333,734,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 70,918,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 966 days of your life or 2.65 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake (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 23 zodiac sign is Gemini ?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 1 ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Deer

⭐ Celebrities born on May 23rd

1912

John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun; Miracle on 34th Street)

1931

Barbara Barrie [Berman], American actress and author (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)

1981

Tim Robinson, American comedian, actor and writer (Saturday Night Live)

1935

Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer and actor

1979

Josh Cooley, American animator, screenwriter (Inside Out), and Academy Award-winning director (Toy Story 4)

1882

James Gleason, American writer and actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)

1983

Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler

1952

Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)

At the age of 60, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2016 with $75 billion fortune, followed by Amancio Ortega with $67 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1618

Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70 foot (21m) fall. Triggers the Thirty Years' War.

1785

Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.

1813

South American independence leader Simón Bolivar enters Merida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").

1949

Federal Republic of [West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones.

1958

Mao Zedong starts the "Great Leap Forward" movement in China.

1998

The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.

🎄 Holidays on May 23

National Taffy Day

National Taffy Day, celebrated on May 23, is all about enjoying and appreciating the sweet, chewy candy known as taffy, which became famous as "saltwater taffy" after a candy shop's supply was flooded with ocean water in the 1880s.

National Drinking with Chickens Day

National Drinking with Chickens Day, celebrated on May 23, is a fun holiday started by Kate Richards where people make fresh, garden-inspired drinks and enjoy them outside with chickens, celebrating a unique and happy farm-to-glass experience.

National Medical Coder Day

National Medical Coder Day, celebrated every May 23, is a day to appreciate the people who organize and classify health information, making sure doctors and hospitals get paid and helping keep our healthcare system running smoothly.

National Lucky Penny Day

National Lucky Penny Day, celebrated on May 23rd in the United States, is all about hoping to find a penny lying around because it's said to bring you extra good luck if you do!

🏆 Sports in 2016

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated San Jose Sharks (4 - 2) to win the 2016 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers (24 - 10) to win Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA.

⚾ MLB

Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians (4 - 3) to win the 2016 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2016 US Open Championships, Stan Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic (6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliškova (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 23, 2016 can be written as V-XXIII-MMXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 23, 2016

→ Day Index: 144th day of 2016
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 4th Monday of 2016
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 4,172,080 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 966 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 32 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.65 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 98 🌖
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Gemini ♊
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Deer
→ Power Color: Yellow
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2016: 7,466,964,280 Source: un.org

The 2016 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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