22 August 1987: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, August 22, 1987 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

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You’ve taken nearly 277,966,080 breaths and experienced over 1,588,377,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 337,530,240 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 37 years, and 9 months

You were born on a Saturday

The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

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: 4,596 days of your life or 12.59 years.

#1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby

#1 song on your birthday: "Who's That Girl" by Madonna (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 1 ?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

1939

Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda)

1974

Brimstone, American professional wrestler

1965

Tom Gibis, American voice actor (Shikamaru Nara-Naruto)

1928

John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow)

1975

Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually)

1968

Casper Christensen, Danish comedian (Hvaffor en hånd)

1924

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

1940

George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live)

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

National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day

National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day is a special day to remember to take care of our furry cat friends by making sure they have a check-up at the vet for their health.

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 1987

NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

NFL

New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

MLB

Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 22, 1987 can be written as VIII-XXII-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 22, 1987
→ Day Index: 234th day of 1987
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 4th Saturday of 1987
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday: 91 days
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth: 13788 days
→ You are: 19,855,678 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,596 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 151 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.59 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 467
→ Life path number: 1
→ 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 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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