20 August 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Saturday, August 20, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 267,563,520 breaths and experienced over 1,528,934,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 324,898,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 4 months, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter 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 20 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 9 ?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 20th

1960

Elizabeth Alda, American actress (Beth-Four Seasons) and daughter of Alan Alda

1958

David O. Russell, American filmmaker (Silver Linings Playbook)

1981

Ben Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian-The Chronicles of Narnia)

1980

Corey Carrier, American actor (Young Indiana Jones)

1987

Zakir Khan, Indian comedian (On Air with AIB)

1948

John Noble, Australian actor (Dr. Walter Bishop-Fringe) and theatre director

1946

Connie Chung [Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich], American news anchor (NBC, CBS)

1956

Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country)

📜 Historical events on this date

1597

1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East.

1619

1st known African Americans in English North America (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia. They are then sold or traded into servitude.

1741

Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition.

1866

President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over.

1905

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.

1968

During the night 200,000 Warsaw Pact Soviet led troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring.

1993

Oslo Peace Accords signed, after secret negotiations in Norway, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.

🎄 Holidays on August 20

National Radio Day

National Radio Day, celebrated on August 20, is a day to appreciate how radio revolutionized communication by sharing news, music, and more, making the world feel more connected, even though we now often use the internet and TV for those purposes.

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, celebrated on August 20th, is a fun holiday where we bake or eat this delicious dessert that combines the rich flavors of chocolate and pecans, ingredients enjoyed for thousands of years.

🏆 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 20, 1988 can be written as VIII-XX-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 20, 1988
→ Day Index: 233rd day of 1988
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,112,109 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: 9
→ 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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