1 January 2021: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Friday, January 1, 2021 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 29,917,440 breaths and experienced over 170,956,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 36,328,320 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 4 years, and 23 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐂 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: 495 days of your life or 1.36 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Spider-Man: No Way Home

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Willow" by Taylor Swift (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Martin Garrix and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

♑ January 1 zodiac sign is Capricorn ?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 7 ?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 Saturn ♄

🪨 Your birthstone is Garnet ?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 January is Carnation ?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 → Saturday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Goose

⭐ Celebrities born on January 1st

1923

Barbara Baxley, American stage and screen actress (Norma Rae; Countdown; Nashville), and singer

1983

Ali Bastian, English actress and model

1970

Gabriel Jarret, American actor

1933

Joe Orton, British actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)

1917

Albert Mol, Dutch actor (Kant aan m'n broek!)

1919

Carole Landis [Frances Ridste], American actress (I Wake Up Screaming; One Million BC; Topper Returns)

1951

Nana Patekar, Indian Bollywood actor, writer, philanthropist and filmmaker (Parinda, Angaar)

1968

Miki Higashino, Japanese video game composer (Suikoden series)

At the age of 50, Elon Musk was the richest person in the world in 2021 with $274 billion fortune, followed by Jeff Bezos with $197 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

630

Prophet Muhammad sets out with his army towards Mecca, capturing it bloodlessly.

1758

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establish the "starting point" for standardized species names across the animal kingdom, based on the binomial nomenclature by Carolus Linnaeus 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

1863

Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states.

1892

Ellis Island opens as a US immigration inspection station - it would go on to be the gateway for more than 12 million people.

1896

German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays.

1958

European Economic Community, better known as the European Common Market starts operation.

🎄 Holidays on January 1

Manuary

Manuary is a month-long event in January where men grow beards to help raise awareness and funds for head and neck cancer, and everyone else can support by cheering them on.

New Year's Dishonor List Day

New Year's Dishonor List Day is a fun holiday where a university team picks overused words and phrases from the year to jokingly ban them from being used anymore.

National Hangover Day

National Hangover Day is recognized on January 1st, the day after New Year's Eve celebrations, where many people might feel unwell from drinking too much alcohol the night before.

🏆 Sports in 2021

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Montreal Canadiens (4 - 1) to win the 2021 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City Chiefs (31 - 9) to win Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021 in Inglewood, CA.

⚾ MLB

Atlanta Braves beat Houston Astros (4 - 1) to win the 2021 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2021 US Open Championships, Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Emma Raducanu beat Leylah Fernandez (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 1, 2021 can be written as I-I-MMXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 1, 2021
→ Day Index: 1st day of 2021
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 1st Friday of 2021
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 5 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 2,137,352 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 495 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 16 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 1.36 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 50 🌖
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Goose
→ Power Color: Grey
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2021: 7,924,798,739 Source: un.org

The 2021 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

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