23 May 2023: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Tuesday, May 23, 2023 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 18,708,480 breaths and experienced over 106,905,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 22,717,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 2 years, 6 months, and 14 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 309 days of your life or 0.85 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Last Night" by Morgan Wallen (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Martin Garrix 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 8 ?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

1939

Michel Colombier, French composer of film and concert music (Against All Odds)

1952

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

1976

Kelly Marie Monaco, playmate (April, 1997)

1900

Ralph Dunn, American actor (Mr Rudge-Norby)

1964

Staci Greason, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)

1975

Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor

1984

Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)

1910

(Benjamin) "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird"), and actor (Chico and the Man - "Louie", The Shining)

At the age of 74, Benard Arnault was the richest person in the world in 2023 with $211 billion fortune, followed by Elon Musk with $180 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 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 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.

🏆 Sports in 2023

🏒 NHL

Florida Panthers defeated Vegas Golden Knights (4 - 1) to win the 2023 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Kansas City Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles (38 - 35) to win Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.

⚾ MLB

Texas Rangers beat Arizona Diamondbacks (4 - 1) to win the 2023 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2023 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 7-6(7-5), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 23, 2023 can be written as V-XXIII-MMXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 23, 2023
→ Day Index: 143rd day of 2023
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 4th Tuesday of 2023
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 3 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 1,337,025 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 309 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 10 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 0.85 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 31 🌒
→ Life path number: 8
→ 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 2023: 8,045,311,447 Source: un.org

The 2023 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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