It was the 4th Tuesday of 1988. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 24 and 1988 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury, your birthstone is the Emerald, and your birth flower is the Lily of the valley. You are 35 old, and were born in 1980s, in the middle of Millennials Generation. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ May 24, 1988 was a Tuesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Gemini
→ This date was 13,092 days ago
→ 1988 was the Year of the Dragon
→ In 2024, May 24 is on Saturday

View must-know May 24, 1988 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 36 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Dragon. Your birth sign is Gemini with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 444 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 31, 2020.

→ You’ve slept 4,364 days or 11.96 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Dragon
→ You have been alive 314,226 hours
→ You are 18,853,588 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old

You were born on a Tuesday

May 24, 1988 was the 4th Tuesday of that year. It was also the 145th day and 5th month of 1988 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1988 calendar will be in 2044. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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There are left before your next birthday. Your 36th birthday will be on a Wednesday and a birthday after that will be on a Saturday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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You’ve slept 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:

You’ve slept 11.96 years of your life.
You’ve slept 143 month of your life.
You’ve slept 623 week of your life.
You’ve slept 4,364 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 263,934,720 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,508,198,400 times. You have also blinked over 320,492,160 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "One More Try" by George Michael. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 24, 1988). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Foolish" by Ashanti (May 24, 2002).

Celebrities born on May 24, 1988

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What happened on May 24th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 24 May 1988. Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message.
German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive.
Section 28 passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality. Repealed 2001/2004.

Sports in 1988

NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Detroit Pistons (4 - 3) to win the 1988 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup. to win the 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. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 1

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.