20 December 1980: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, December 20, 1980 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 324,011,520 breaths and experienced over 1,851,494,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 393,442,560 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌔 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: 5,357 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 20 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 5 ?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 20th

1963

Karen Moncrieff, American actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives)

1976

Jang Hyuk, Korean actor

1906

Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series)

1982

David Cook, American singer and American Idol winner

1968

Joe Cornish, British comedian

1931

Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West)

1917

Audrey Totter, American actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up, The Unsuspected)

1924

Errol John, Trinidadian actor and playwright (A Man from the Sun, The Nun's Story, Assault on a Queen)

📜 Historical events on this date

1522

Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

1606

Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia.

1803

French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA for $27M.

1812

Grimm's Fairy Tales or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published.

1917

Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin.

1960

The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam.

🎄 Holidays on December 20

Dot Your I's Day

Dot Your I's Day, celebrated on December 20, is a day to pay extra attention to details and aim for perfection in everything you do, from handwriting to household chores.

Sacagawea Day

Sacagawea Day, celebrated on December 20th, honors the young Native American woman who played a crucial role as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition, symbolizing women's contributions and bravery.

Mudd Day

Mudd Day on December 20 celebrates the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who got in trouble for treating John Wilkes Booth's injury after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

🏆 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 20, 1980 can be written as XII-XX-MCMLXXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for December 20, 1980
→ Day Index: 355th day of 1980
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1980
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,144,140 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,357 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: 5
→ 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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