18 October 1984: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, October 18, 1984 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 299,839,680 breaths and experienced over 1,713,369,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 364,091,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 40 years, 8 months, and 21 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 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: 4,958 days of your life or 13.58 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Ghostbusters

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♎ October 18 zodiac sign is Libra ?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 5 ?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 Opal and Tourmaline ?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 October is Marigold ?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 → Raven

⭐ Celebrities born on October 18th

1991

Tyler Posey, American actor

1926

John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

1915

Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu)

1946

Howard Shore, Canadian television and film composer (Lord of the Rings trilogy; 1st music director of Saturday Night Live)

1992

Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (Calm with Horses, Eternals)

1957

Jon Lindstrom, American actor (General Hospital, 1992-97, 2013-present - "Kevin Collins" & "Ryan Chamberlain")

1901

Barbara Brown, American actress

1978

Wesley Jonathan, American actor

📜 Historical events on this date

1009

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.

1685

French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.

1867

US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.

1931

American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.

1962

James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.

🎄 Holidays on October 18

National No Beard Day

National No Beard Day, celebrated on October 18, is a fun day when guys shave off their beards to change their look and maybe even feel a bit different or more confident.

National Alaska Day

National Alaska Day, celebrated on October 18th, is a special day to appreciate Alaska, the biggest and most adventurous state that joined the United States.

National Mashed Potato Day

National Mashed Potato Day, celebrated on October 18th in the United States, is a fun holiday for potato lovers to indulge in their favorite dish, with its origins a bit of a mystery, though some believe the Idaho Potato Commission started it to honor the beloved spud.

🏆 Sports in 1984

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated New York Islanders (4 - 1) to win the 1984 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Los Angeles Raiders beat Washington Redskins (38 - 9) to win Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB

Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres (4 - 1) to win the 1984 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1984 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-4, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Chris Evert (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

October 18, 1984 can be written as X-XVIII-MCMLXXXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for October 18, 1984
→ Day Index: 292nd day of 1984
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1984
→ Next same calendar year: 2040
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 41 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 21,417,179 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,958 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 163 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.58 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 504 🌗
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Marigold
→ Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
→ Spirit Animal: Raven
→ Power Color: Pink
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1984: 4,786,483,862 Source: un.org

The 1984 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2040. So, mark your calendars!

If you found anything helpful on this page, please share it with friends. They can easily find their birthdays too. Also, bookmark this page and return often, as we will continue adding and updating fun facts about this date.