27 January 1996: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Saturday, January 27, 1996 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 212,808,960 breaths and experienced over 1,216,051,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 258,410,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 28 years, 10 months, and 25 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌓 The moon was in First Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 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: 3,519 days of your life or 9.64 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♒ January 27 zodiac sign is Aquarius ?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 8 ?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 Uranus ♅

🪨 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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Otter

⭐ Celebrities born on January 27th

1940

James Cromwell, American actor (Babe, The Green Mile)

1987

Lily Donaldson, British model

1931

John Hopkins, English TV, film and stage writer (Z-Cars)

1720

Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror)

1966

Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)

1949

Jaya Suprana [Phoa Kok Tjiang], Indonesian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, educator, and television presenter

1976

Clint Ford, American voice actor

1858

Neel Doff, Dutch born Belgian writer (Days of Hunger and Distress)and artist's model

📜 Historical events on this date

661

Rashidun Caliphate, then the largest empire in history, ends with death of Ali. Succeeded by the Umayyad Caliphate.

1820

Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discover the continent of Antarctica.

1825

U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".

1888

The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. for "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge".

1924

Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow.

1944

Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed.

1945

Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland.

1973

US & North Vietnam's William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease-fire, ending longest US war and military draft.

🎄 Holidays on January 27

National Geographic Day

National Geographic Day, celebrated every year on January 27th in the United States, honors the iconic "National Geographic Magazine" for its century-long contribution to sharing knowledge on science, geography, history, and world cultures, and for supporting education through scholarships.

National Preschool Health and Fitness Day

National Preschool Health and Fitness Day is a special day to help little kids learn about being active and eating healthy to grow up strong and happy.

Punch the Clock Day

Punch the Clock Day, celebrated on January 27, pays tribute to the old-school method of tracking work hours with punch clocks, highlighting its importance in the work life of hourly employees, even as technology evolves.

🏆 Sports in 1996

🏒 NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated Florida Panthers (4 - 0) to win the 1996 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996 in Tempe, AZ.

⚾ MLB

New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4 - 2) to win the 1996 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1996 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang (6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-3)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 27, 1996 can be written as I-XXVII-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 27, 1996
→ Day Index: 27th day of 1996
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 4th Saturday of 1996
→ Next same calendar year: 2024
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 29 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 15,201,231 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 3,519 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 115 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 9.64 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 358 🌓
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Aquarius ♒
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Uranus
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Otter
→ Power Color: Blue
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1996: 5,831,565,020 Source: un.org

The 1996 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2024. So, mark your calendars!

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