24 October 1996: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, October 24, 1996 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 214,542,720 breaths and experienced over 1,225,958,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 260,516,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 29 years, 1 month, and 20 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 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: 3,547 days of your life or 9.72 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♏ October 24 zodiac sign is Scorpio ?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 Pluto ♇

🪨 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 → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Snake

⭐ Celebrities born on October 24th

1941

Frank Aendenboom, Flemish actor (Lion of Flanders)

1987

Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor (Tomorrow, When the War Begin)

1936

David Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), director, and producer

1995

Ashton Sanders. American actor (Moonlight)

1984

Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer (Rirura Riruha)

1988

Daniel Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid)

1895

Jack Warner [Waters], British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Christmas Carol)

1951

Todd Crespi, German actor (Magician)

📜 Historical events on this date

1260

Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself.

1648

Treaty of Westphalia ends The Thirty Year's War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland's independence recognized.

1929

Black Thursday, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%.

1962

Cuban missile crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba.

2008

Bloody Friday saw many of the world's stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

🎄 Holidays on October 24

National Bologna Day

National Bologna Day, celebrated on October 24, is a fun holiday where people enjoy bologna, a popular lunch meat, in their sandwiches, paying homage to a food named after an Italian city but loved globally in its uniquely American form.

National Food Day

National Food Day is a day to celebrate healthy eating and learn about good farming and safe food making, reminding us to eat well and take care of the planet.

National Jamaican Jerk Day

National Jamaican Jerk Day, celebrated on October 24th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy and honor the unique flavors of Jamaican jerk cuisine, along with celebrating Jamaican culture, music, dancing, and bringing communities together.

🏆 Sports in 1996

🏒 NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated Florida Panthers (4 - 0) to win the 1996 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996 in Tempe, AZ.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4 - 2) to win the 1996 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1996 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang (6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-3)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

October 24, 1996 can be written as X-XXIV-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for October 24, 1996
→ Day Index: 298th day of 1996
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1996
→ Next same calendar year: 2052
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 30 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 15,325,499 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 3,547 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 116 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 9.72 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 361 🌔
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Scorpio ♏
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Pluto
→ Birth flower: Marigold
→ Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
→ Spirit Animal: Snake
→ Power Color: Black
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1996: 5,831,565,020 Source: un.org

The 1996 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2052. So, mark your calendars!

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