Date:August 19, 1988

August 19, 1988

August 8, 1988 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Friday, August 19, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 267,583,680 breaths and experienced over 1,529,049,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 324,923,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 4 months, and 2 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 4,424 days of your life or 12.12 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man


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


♌ August 19 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 19th

1952
Jonathan Frakes, American actor (Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen)

1967
Tabitha Soren, American MTV reporter (This Week in Rock)

1955
Peter Gallagher, American actor (Summer Lovers; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; The Player; The O.C. - "Sandy"), and singer

1946
Dawn Steel, American filmmaker, 1st woman to head Hollywood studio

1956
Adam Arkin, American actor (Busting Loose; Pearl; Northern Exposure - "Adam")

1988
Travis Tedford, American actor (The Little Rascals)

2004
Siena Agudong, American actress (No Good Nick)

1941
Christopher Cerf, American book editor, writer, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and Grammy Award-winning songwriter


📜 Historical events on this date

1839
Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris.

1942
World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.

1988
Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT).

1991
Conservative members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempt to depose Mikhail Gorbachev in a coup d'etat.

2010
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.


🎄 Holidays on August 19

National Potato Day
National Potato Day, celebrated on August 19th, is a fun holiday where people celebrate and enjoy all things related to potatoes, from fries to mashed, in various delicious ways.

National Soft Ice Cream Day
National Soft Ice Cream Day, celebrated on August 19, is a fun holiday that encourages everyone to enjoy soft serve ice cream while remembering all the joyful times we've had with this delicious treat at places like fairs and amusement parks, and it also has a cool backstory!

National Patient Advocacy Day
National Patient Advocacy Day, celebrated on August 19th, is a day to highlight the importance of patient advocates who help people navigate the confusing healthcare system, especially with things like Medicaid and insurance paperwork.


🏆 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 19, 1988 can be written as VIII-XIX-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 19, 1988
Day Index: 232nd day of 1988
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1988
Next same calendar year: 2044
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 37 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 19,113,546 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,424 days
Months spent sleeping: 145 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.12 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 450 🌒
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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