20 August 2018: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Monday, August 20, 2018 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 46,771,200 breaths and experienced over 267,264,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 56,793,600 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 6 years, 4 months, and 6 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐕 Born in → The Year of the Dog

😴 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: 773 days of your life or 2.12 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Black Panther

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "In My Feelings" by Drake (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell according to DJ Mag.

♌ 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 3 ?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

1967

Tori [Terri Poch], American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler

1955

Jay Acovone, American actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat)

1954

Al Roker, American weatherman (NBC, Today)

1995

Liana Liberato, American actress (Light as a Feather)

1992

Alex Newell, American actor and singer (Glee, Shucked)

1949

Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter

1977

Mayra Verónica, Cuban-American model and actress

1956

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

At the age of 54, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2018 with $112 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $90 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 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.

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.

🏆 Sports in 2018

🏒 NHL

Washington Capitals defeated Las Vegas Golden Knights (4 - 1) to win the 2018 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots (41 - 33) to win Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2018 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2018 US Open Championships, Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro (6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 20, 2018 can be written as VIII-XX-MMXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 20, 2018
→ Day Index: 232nd day of 2018
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 2018
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 7 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,341,903 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 773 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 25 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.12 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 79 🌓
→ Life path number: 3
→ 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 2018: 7,632,819,325 Source: un.org

The 2018 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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