Date:May 5, 1988

May 5, 1988 Birthday Answers

May 5, 1988 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, May 5, 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 20 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 264,882,240 breaths and experienced over 1,513,612,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 321,642,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 4,380 days of your life or 12 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♉ May 5 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 9 ?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 5th

1963
Heidi Kozak, Danish-American actress (Slumber Party Massacre 2)

1932
Will Hutchins, American actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)

1950
Googoosh [Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین)], Persian singer and actress

1977
Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress (Sweet Buns)

1972
Brigitta Boccoli, Italian actress (Manhattan Baby)

1973
Tina Yothers, American actress (Jennifer-Family Ties)

1979
Vincent Kartheiser, American actor (Mad Men)

1959
Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor (Mark & Brian)


📜 Historical events on this date

1260
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

1941
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa.

1955
West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers.

1965
First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.

1980
Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building.

1981
After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision; 9 further hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.


🎄 Holidays on May 5

Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day
"Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day, celebrated on May 5th, is all about showing some love to the versatile and common garden sheds by hugging them and capturing the moment with a selfie."

National Astronaut Day
National Astronaut Day, celebrated on May 5th, commemorates the day Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space, highlighting the incredible journeys and achievements of astronauts since then.

National Concert Day
National Concert Day, celebrated on May 5th, is like a big birthday party for live music, where we cheer for all the awesome people who make concerts happen, kicking off the summer with cool performances from famous musicians.

Museum Lover's Day
Museum Lover's Day is a special day on May 5th where people who love exploring and learning from museums come together to celebrate and enjoy all kinds of art and exhibitions.

National Space Day
National Space Day is a cool holiday on the first Friday of May where we celebrate everything about space and encourage everyone to learn more and dream big about the universe and our place in it!


🏆 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 5, 1988 can be written as V-V-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 5, 1988

Day Index: 126th day of 1988
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 1st Thursday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 36 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,921,351 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,380 days
Months spent sleeping: 144 months
Years spent sleeping: 12 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 445 🌖
Life path number: 9
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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