10 August 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Wednesday, August 10, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

11
months

27
days

2
hours

32
minutes

21
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 272,502,720 breaths and experienced over 1,557,158,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 330,896,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, and 3 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 4,506 days of your life or 12.34 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ August 10 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 8 ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on August 10th

1927

Vernon Washington, American actor (Roots, The Last Starfighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning)

1965

Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author

1976

Michael Depoli, American wrestler

1891

Henry O'Neill, American actor ("Lady Killer"; "Nothing But Trouble")

1909

Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth)

1931

Tom Laughlin, American actor and director (Billy Jack)

1913

Noah Beery Jr, American actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot, Gung Ho!, Heaven With a Gun)

1977

Matt Morgan, British comedian (The Russel Brand Show)

📜 Historical events on this date

610

In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.

1497

John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia".

1675

King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.

1846

US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world's largest museum and research complex.

🎄 Holidays on August 10

National Spoil Your Dog Day

National Spoil Your Dog Day, celebrated on August 10, is a fun day when we go all out to pamper our dogs, showing them extra love with treats and toys, because they always love us unconditionally.

National Lazy Day

National Lazy Day is a chill-out holiday on August 10th where you're encouraged to take a break and do absolutely nothing for a day, just relax and enjoy some lazy time.

National Shapewear Day

National Shapewear Day, celebrated on August 10th, is a day to appreciate how certain undergarments can make us feel confident by shaping our bodies smoothly.

🏆 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.

August 10, 1988 can be written as VIII-X-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 10, 1988
→ Day Index: 223rd day of 1988
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 2nd Wednesday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday: 361 days
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth: 13517 days
→ You are: 19,464,927 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,506 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 148 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.34 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 458 🌘
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ 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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