Date:August 2, 1996

August 2, 1996

August 8, 1996 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Friday, August 2, 1996 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 209,119,680 breaths and experienced over 1,194,969,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 253,931,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 28 years, 4 months, and 24 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌖 The moon was in Waning 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: 3,458 days of your life or 9.47 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day


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


♌ August 2 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 2nd

1955
Roberta Wallach, American actress (Civil Wars)

1912
Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)

1992
Hallie Eisenberg, American actress

1980
Jose "Dingdong" Dantes, Filipino actor (One More Try) and television host (Star Struck)

1921
Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker's World)

1985
Davey Boy Smith Jr. [Harry Smith], Canadian professional wrestler (multiple tag team champion)

1953
Butch Patrick [Patrick Alan Lilley], American actor (Real McCoys, Eddie-Munsters)

1973
Kia Goodwin, American actress (Tiffany Holloway-227)


📜 Historical events on this date

1776
Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians).

1790
1st US census conducted, the population was 3,939,214 including 697,624 slaves.

1832
Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk & Fox Native Americans ending the Black Hawk War in the US.

1858
Government of India transferred from East India Company to the British Crown.

2018
Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value.


🎄 Holidays on August 2

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, celebrated every August 2, is a fun holiday honoring the delicious treat made by squishing your favorite ice cream flavor between two cookies or biscuits, creating a perfect sweet and cold snack for summer.

Take a Penny/Leave a Penny Day
Take a Penny/Leave a Penny Day celebrates the small trays at stores where you can leave extra pennies for others who might need them to avoid breaking a dollar for small change.

National Coloring Book Day
National Coloring Book Day, celebrated on August 2, is a fun day where everyone, kids and adults alike, can enjoy coloring in books to relax, have fun, and rediscover the joy of this simple activity.


🏆 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 2, 1996 can be written as VIII-II-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 2, 1996
Day Index: 215th day of 1996
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 1st Friday of 1996
Next same calendar year: 2024
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 29 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 14,938,107 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 3,458 days
Months spent sleeping: 113 months
Years spent sleeping: 9.47 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 352 🌖
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 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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