18 December 1980: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Thursday, December 18, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 324,051,840 breaths and experienced over 1,851,724,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 393,491,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, and 3 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 5,358 days of your life or 14.68 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Lady" by Kenny Rogers (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♐ December 18 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?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 Jupiter ♃

🪨 Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?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 December is Narcissus ?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 → Thursday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Owl

⭐ Celebrities born on December 18th

1917

Raiford "Ossie" Davis, American actor, director, author, and civil rights activist (Purlie Victorious, Do the Right Thing, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam)

1909

Mona Barrie [Smith], British-American actress (Dawn on Great Divide)

1920

Willis Conover, American broadcaster (Voice of America)

1968

Casper Van Dien, American actor (Starship Troopers)

1870

Andres Randolf, Danish-American actor (The Kiss)

1922

Larry D Mann, Canadian actor and broadcaster (Accidental Family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

1908

Celia Johnson, English actress (Happy Breed, Brief Encounter)

1970

Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler

📜 Historical events on this date

1271

Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.

1603

First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies.

1957

World's 1st full scale nuclear power plant for only peacetime use begins to generate electricity, at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania.

🎄 Holidays on December 18

National Twin Day

National Twin Day is a celebration of the unique connection between siblings born on the same day, highlighting the fascinating world of twins, triplets, quads, and beyond, and is observed on December 18.

Flake Appreciation Day

Flake Appreciation Day, celebrated on December 18th in the U.S., is a holiday to show love for snowflakes, unique and intricate natural wonders, each as individual as human fingerprints, coming in 35 different types and forming from water vapor freezing around dust particles in clouds.

National Roast Suckling Pig Day

National Roast Suckling Pig Day, celebrated on December 18, is a day to enjoy a special feast featuring a young, tender pig that's roasted whole and can feed a big group of people.

🏆 Sports in 1980

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 2) to win the 1980 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams (31 - 19) to win Super Bowl XIV on January 20, 1980 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Philadelphia Phillies beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 2) to win the 1980 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1980 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

December 18, 1980 can be written as XII-XVIII-MCMLXXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for December 18, 1980
→ Day Index: 353rd day of 1980
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 1980
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,147,041 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,358 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 176 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.68 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 545 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
→ Birth flower: Narcissus
→ Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
→ Spirit Animal: Owl
→ Power Color: Purple
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1980: 4,458,411,534 Source: un.org

The 1980 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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