It was the 2nd Monday of 1988. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 5, 9 and 1988 reveal that your life path number is 4. Your zodiac sign is Taurus with a ruling planet Venus, 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 9, 1988 was a Monday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Taurus
→ This date was 12,925 days ago
→ 1988 was the Year of the Dragon
→ In 2024, May 9 is on Friday
View must-know May 9, 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 Taurus with a ruling planet Venus. There were precisely 438 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on January 16, 2020.
→ You’ve slept 4,308 days or 11.8 years.
→ Your next birthday is
away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Dragon
→ You have been alive 310,213 hours
→ You are 18,612,812 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old
You were born on a Monday
May 9, 1988 was the 2nd Monday of that year. It was also the 130th 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.
There are left before your next birthday. Your 36th birthday will be on a Tuesday and a birthday after that will be on a Friday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.
Your next birthday is in:
Your next birthday is on a Tuesday
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 11.8 years of your life.
You’ve slept 141 month of your life.
You’ve slept 615 week of your life.
You’ve slept 4,308 days of your life.
Did you know you have taken approximately 260,568,000 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,488,960,000 times. You have also blinked over 316,404,000 times in your lifetime.
#1 Song on your birthday
The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan. (Billboard Hot 100 – May 9, 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 9, 2002).
Celebrities born on May 9, 1988
You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Aaron Turner (dancer).
We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find out all celebrity birthdays born on May 9, 1988.
What happened on May 9th
Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 9 May 1988.
Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force).President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May.
British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen.
World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day.
Sports in 1988
NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Detroit Pistons (4 - 3) to win the NBA Finals.
NHL – Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) 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 World Series.
Your life path number is 4
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.