Date:May 26, 1988

May 26, 1988

May 5, 1988 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Thursday, May 26, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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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 have been alive for: 35 years, 11 months, and 7 days


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous 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: "One More Try" by George Michael (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♊ May 26 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 3 ?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 26th

1979
Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler

1963
Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)

1911
Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front)

1925
Alec McCowen, English actor (Never Say Never Again)

1976
Benji Gregory, American actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)

1919
Peter Raleigh, English foreign correspondent and television executive

1923
Horst Tappert, German director, actor and former SS member (Derrick)

1932
"Grishata" Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (At Each Kilometer)


📜 Historical events on this date

1896
Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94).

1908
At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom.

1927
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie.

1948
South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy.

2004
The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.


🎄 Holidays on May 26

National Death Busters Day
National Death Busters Day is a day observed on the Friday before Memorial Day to encourage everyone to drive safely and prevent accidents during one of the year's most dangerous driving weekends.

National Road Trip Day
National Road Trip Day, celebrated on the Friday before Memorial Day, is a holiday dedicated to the American tradition of hitting the open road to explore, enjoy a change of scenery, or visit memorials, embracing the adventure and freedom that comes with a road trip.

Sally Ride Day
Sally Ride Day, celebrated on May 26th, honors the first American female astronaut, Sally Ride, encouraging girls to explore space and science, and has been celebrated every year since 2003 on her birthday.


🏆 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 26, 1988 can be written as V-XXVI-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 26, 1988
Day Index: 147th day of 1988
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,900,524 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: 3
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 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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