28 August 1983: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Sunday, August 28, 1983 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

25
days

39
minutes

6
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 306,915,840 breaths and experienced over 1,753,804,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 372,683,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 41 years, 8 months, and 6 days

You were born on a Sunday

The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

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: 5,075 days of your life or 13.9 years.

#1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

#1 song on your birthday: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Eurythmics (source: Billboard Hot 100)

August 28 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 28th

1935

Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning)

1965

Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer (Game Freak, creator of the Pokémon franchise)

1929

Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis)

1943

David Soul [Solberg], American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch; Here Come s the Brides), and singer ("Don't Give Up On Us")

1948

Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)

1930

Ben Gazzara, American actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)

1980

Rachel Khoo, English cook, author and broadcaster (The Little Paris Kitchen)

1985

James Jagger, American actor (Vinyl) and son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall

Historical events on this date

1189

Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.

1609

English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay.

1830

1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won!.

1845

Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.

1963

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream speech" addressing civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Holidays on August 28

Crackers Over The Keyboard Day

Crackers Over The Keyboard Day, celebrated on August 28th, is a fun holiday where you can enjoy eating crackers right over your computer keyboard without worrying about the mess, just clean up when you're done.

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day is a fun holiday on August 28 where you get to playfully move your computer mouse around the screen icons, turning everyday computer use into a game.

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, celebrated on August 28, is a special day to remember and honor all the beloved pets we've lost, inspired by a heartfelt idea from Deborah Barnes to share cherished memories of our animal friends, from dogs to snakes.

Sports in 1983

NHL

New York Islanders defeated Edmonton Oilers (4 - 0) to win the 1983 Stanley Cup.

NFL

Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983 in Pasadena, CA.

MLB

Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies (4 - 1) to win the 1983 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1983 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-7(2-7), 7-5, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Chris Evert (6-1, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 28, 1983 can be written as VIII-XXVIII-MCMLXXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 28, 1983
→ Day Index: 240th day of 1983
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 4th Sunday of 1983
→ Next same calendar year: 2033
→ Days until next birthday: 116 days
→ Age on next birthday: 42 years old
→ Days since birth: 15224 days
→ You are: 21,923,600 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,075 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 167 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.9 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 516
→ 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 1983: 4,701,530,843 Source: un.org

The 1983 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2033. So, mark your calendars!

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