Date:August 18, 1996

August 18, 1996

August 8, 1996 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Sunday, August 18, 1996 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 208,797,120 breaths and experienced over 1,193,126,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 253,539,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 28 years, 4 months, and 8 days


📅 You were born on a Sunday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 3,452 days of your life or 9.46 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day


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


♌ August 18 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 6 ?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 18th

1968
Greta Lind, American actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)

1965
Jim Florentine, American comedian

1944
Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move)

1952
Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing; Ghost), and singer-songwriter (She's Like The Wind)

1957
Carole Bouquest, French actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

1958
Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls)

1922
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (Voyeur) and film maker

1992
Mawaan Rizwan, Pakistani-British comedian and actor (Taskmaster)


📜 Historical events on this date

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


🎄 Holidays on August 18

Hawaiian Shirt Day
Hawaiian Shirt Day, celebrated on the third Friday of August, is a fun way to honor Hawaii's journey to becoming the 50th state of the U.S., inviting everyone to wear tropical-themed shirts in celebration of Hawaii's vibrant culture and history.

National Couple's Day
National Couples Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a special day dedicated to appreciating and honoring your significant other, celebrating love and partnership with romantic gestures and activities.

Never Give Up Day
Never Give Up Day, celebrated on August 18, is a day dedicated to motivating ourselves and others to keep pushing towards our goals, no matter the obstacles.


🏆 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.

August 18, 1996 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 18, 1996
Day Index: 231st day of 1996
Day of week: Sunday
Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 1996
Next same calendar year: 2024
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 29 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 14,915,066 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 3,452 days
Months spent sleeping: 113 months
Years spent sleeping: 9.46 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 351 🌒
Life path number: 6
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 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 2024. So, mark your calendars!

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