23 August 1985: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Friday, August 23, 1985 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

1
day

23
hours

2
minutes

54
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 292,642,560 breaths and experienced over 1,672,243,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 355,351,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 39 years, 8 months, and 29 days

You were born on a Friday

The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

Born in → The Year of the Ox

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: 4,839 days of your life or 13.26 years.

#1 movie was: Back to the Future

#1 song on your birthday: "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and The News (source: Billboard Hot 100)

August 23 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 Mercury ☿

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 → Wednesday

Your spirit animal → Bear

Celebrities born on August 23rd

1965

Roger Avary, Canadian-American screenwriter, director, and producer (Pulp Fiction)

1970

Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian

1976

Scott Caan, American actor

1944

Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors

1940

Richard Sanders, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les Nessman")

1935

Roy Strong, English writer, art historian and director (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1963

Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker (Joint Security Area, Thirst)

1951

Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers), musician, songwriter, and record producer (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne)

Historical events on this date

1542

Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code.

1850

1st US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1942

Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die).

1996

Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places".

2005

Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane.

Holidays on August 23

National Ride The Wind Day

National Ride The Wind Day, celebrated on August 23, commemorates the first successful human-powered flight, encouraging us to explore and appreciate the thrill and innovation of flying using our own power.

Find Your Inner Nerd Day

Find Your Inner Nerd Day is a fun day created by a cool nerd named Beth Z, where you get to dive into what you love most, like video games or books, and let your inner geek shine without worrying about what others think.

National Sponge Cake Day

National Sponge Cake Day, celebrated on August 23rd, is a fun holiday to bake and enjoy sponge cake, a light and fluffy dessert invented for a Spanish nobleman by an Italian chef in the 1500s.

Sports in 1985

NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

MLB

Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 23, 1985 can be written as VIII-XXIII-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 23, 1985
→ Day Index: 235th day of 1985
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 4th Friday of 1985
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday: 93 days
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth: 14516 days
→ You are: 20,904,177 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,839 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 159 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.26 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 492
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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