24 August 2014: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Sunday, August 24, 2014 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 76,083,840 breaths and experienced over 434,764,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 92,387,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 10 years, 3 months, and 30 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse

😴 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: 1,258 days of your life or 3.45 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: American Sniper

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rude" by Magic! (source: Billboard Hot 100)

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

♍ August 24 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 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 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 24th

1960

Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker (Dead or Alive)

1949

Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank")

2000

Griffin Gluck, American actor (Locke & Key)

1964

Dana Gould, American comedian, actor, and writer (The Simpsons, 2001-07)

1958

Steve Guttenberg, American actor (Police Academy, Short Circuit)

1990

Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress (The Great Gatsby; Widows; Tenet)

1995

Runa Tsukishima, Japanese child model

1968

Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler

At the age of 58, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2014 with $76 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim & family with $72 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Roman Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die.

410

Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

1516

Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively beat the Mamluk Sultanate.

1572

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces.

1662

Act of Uniformity requires English to accept Book of Common Prayer.

1814

British forces capture Washington, D.C. and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812).

1968

France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.

🎄 Holidays on August 24

National Peach Pie Day

National Peach Pie Day, celebrated on August 24th, is a day when everyone who loves or makes peach pies celebrates by baking, eating, and sharing them, marking the peak season for peach harvesting.

National Waffle Day

National Waffle Day, celebrated on August 24th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy all kinds of waffles, from Belgian to Hong Kong style, with toppings like syrup and fruit, or even as sandwiches and hotdog buns.

National Knife Day

National Knife Day, on August 24th, celebrates the importance and versatility of knives, tools humans have used since the Stone Age, by showcasing skills, buying new knives, and sharing with others.

🏆 Sports in 2014

🏒 NHL

Los Angeles Kings defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 2014 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos (43 - 8) to win Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014 in East Rutherford, NJ.

⚾ MLB

San Francisco Giants beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 3) to win the 2014 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2014 US Open Championships, Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori (6-3, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki (6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 24, 2014 can be written as VIII-XXIV-MMXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 24, 2014
→ Day Index: 236th day of 2014
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 2014
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 11 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 5,435,085 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,258 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 41 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 3.45 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 128 🌘
→ Life path number: 3
→ 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 2014: 7,298,453,033 Source: un.org

The 2014 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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