22 August 1971: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, August 22, 1971 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

16
days

8
hours

30
minutes

7
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 395,458,560 breaths and experienced over 2,259,763,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 480,199,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 53 years, 8 months, and 15 days

You were born on a Sunday

The moon was in New phase on this day

Born into → Generation X

Born in → The Year of the Pig

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: 6,539 days of your life or 17.91 years.

#1 movie was: Fiddler on the Roof

#1 song on your birthday: "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by The Bee Gees (source: Billboard Hot 100)

August 22 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 22nd

1958

Colm Feore, American actor (The Chronicles of Riddick)

1947

Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne & Shirley - "Shirley; American Graffiti)

1928

John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow)

1955

Chiranjeevi [Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad], Telugu film actor, dancer and producer

1933

Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (Jessica, Hercules)

1911

Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)

1924

James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!)

1905

Wade Crosby, American actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood)

Historical events on this date

1485

Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.

1639

Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

1642

Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament.

1864

First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".

1864

First Geneva Convention, governing the protection of victims in warfare, signed by 12 nations.

1945

Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.

Holidays on August 22

Never Bean Better Day

Never Bean Better Day, celebrated on August 22nd, is a day to show love and appreciation for dogs, especially therapy dogs like Bean, who help improve people's lives in various settings.

National Tooth Fairy Day

National Tooth Fairy Day, celebrated on August 22, is a fun holiday that encourages kids to enjoy the magic of losing their teeth and looking forward to a surprise from the Tooth Fairy in exchange for their lost tooth.

Be An Angel Day

Be An Angel Day, celebrated every August 22, is about doing good deeds, big or small, to make the world a better place by being kind and helpful to others.

Sports in 1971

NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 3) to win the 1971 Stanley Cup.

NFL

Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys (16 - 13) to win Super Bowl V on January 17, 1971 in Miami, FL.

MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1971 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1971 US Open Championships, Stan Smith defeated Jan Kodeš (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(5-3)) to win the men's singles title. Billie Jean King beat Rosemary Casals (6-4, 7-6) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 22, 1971 can be written as VIII-XXII-MCMLXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 22, 1971
→ Day Index: 234th day of 1971
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 1971
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday: 107 days
→ Age on next birthday: 54 years old
→ Days since birth: 19616 days
→ You are: 28,247,609 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,539 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 215 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.91 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 665
→ 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 1971: 3,775,790,900 Source: un.org

The 1971 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

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