Date:May 5, 1988

May 5, 1988

May 5, 1988 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, May 5, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 265,144,320 breaths and experienced over 1,515,110,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 321,960,960 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, and 3 days


📅 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: 4,384 days of your life or 12.01 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "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

1952
Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster

1944
Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor (Detective)

1936
Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley's People)

1978
Morgan Pehme, American filmmaker (Get Me Roger Stone)

1957
Lisa Eilbacher, Saudi-American actress (Beverly Hills Cop)

1949
Anna Bergman, Swedish actress (Agent 69)

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

1942
Marc Alaimo, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)


📜 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

Nail Day
Nail Day, celebrated on May 5th, is a fun holiday created by a false nail company to celebrate and encourage everyone to decorate their nails, whether with vibrant acrylics, elegant designs, or cool false nails, making it a perfect day to show off your nail art skills.

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 Silence the Shame Day
National Silence the Shame Day, celebrated on May 5th since 2017, encourages us to talk openly about mental health and fight against the stigma, helping everyone feel less alone with their struggles.


🏆 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: 37 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 18,939,127 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,384 days
Months spent sleeping: 144 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.01 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 446 🌖
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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