21 August 1986: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, August 21, 1986 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 280,163,520 breaths and experienced over 1,600,934,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 340,198,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 38 years, and 17 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌕 The moon was in Full phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 4,632 days of your life or 12.69 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Top Gun

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ August 21 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 21st

1988

Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5)

1949

Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public)

1990

Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer and filmmaker (All Eyes on Me)

1939

Clarence Williams III, American actor (Mod Squad; 52 Pick Up; Purple Rain)

1941

Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian and actor (Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes)

1996

Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress

1969

Nathan Jones, Australian professional wrestler and actor

1951

Char Margolis, American psychic medium and Dutch TV star

📜 Historical events on this date

1192

Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192).

1703

The Edirne Event: Turkish army removes Sultan Mustafa II, lessening the power of the sultans.

1772

King Gustav III of Sweden completes coup d'etat by adopting a new Constitution and installing himself as an enlightened despot - ends 50 years of parliamentary rule.

1888

American inventor William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.

1911

Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913).

1959

Hawaii becomes the 50th US state.

1991

Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.

🎄 Holidays on August 21

National Report Upcoding Fraud Day

National Report Upcoding Fraud Day, celebrated on August 21st, is a day dedicated to encouraging people to speak out against healthcare providers who dishonestly charge for more expensive services than they actually delivered, to help stop this type of fraud.

National Spumoni Day

National Spumoni Day, celebrated on August 21, honors a layered Italian ice cream made with fruits, nuts, and cream, traditionally sliced, not scooped, and now more popular in the US and Argentina than its birthplace, Naples.

National Brazilian Blowout Day

National Brazilian Blowout Day, celebrated every year on August 21, is a day to appreciate a popular hair treatment that keeps your hair smooth and frizz-free all summer.

🏆 Sports in 1986

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 1) to win the 1986 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots (46 - 10) to win Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox (4 - 3) to win the 1986 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1986 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 21, 1986 can be written as VIII-XXI-MCMLXXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 21, 1986
→ Day Index: 233rd day of 1986
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1986
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 39 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,012,954 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,632 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 152 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.69 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 471 🌕
→ 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 1986: 4,963,633,228 Source: un.org

The 1986 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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