9 January 1987: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Friday, January 9, 1987 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

4
months

18
days

11
hours

12
minutes

52
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 284,336,640 breaths and experienced over 1,624,780,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 345,265,920 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 38 years, 7 months, and 12 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 4,701 days of your life or 12.88 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♑ January 9 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 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 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 9th

1961

Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter

1939

Susannah York, English actress (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Superman)

1987

Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress (Derry Girls, Bridgerton)

1943

Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase)

1920

Clive Dunn, British actor (Dad's Army, The Avengers)

1940

Jimmy Boyd, American singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), and actor (Bachelor Father - "Howard")

1932

Jane Ross [Breslaw], American actress (Star Trek, Rocket Attack U.S.A., Wild Is My Love)

1944

Harun Farocki, German filmmaker and author (Nicht loeschbares Feur)

📜 Historical events on this date

1431

Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.

1760

Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat.

1839

Daguerreotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science.

1909

Ernest Shackleton as part of the British Nimrod Expedition reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south).

1941

6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest, Romania.

2007

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.

🎄 Holidays on January 9

National Static Electricity Day

National Static Electricity Day, celebrated every January 9th, is a fun day to explore and learn about the zappy and surprising shocks you get from static electricity, which happens when electric charges build up on surfaces.

National Word Nerd Day

National Word Nerd Day, celebrated on January 9, is all about geeking out over your favorite words and appreciating how cool and important language is in our lives.

Play God Day

Play God Day, celebrated on January 9th, encourages people to make someone else's day better by doing kind acts, like helping others or volunteering, as if they had the power to bring joy like a benevolent god.

🏆 Sports in 1987

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

January 9, 1987 can be written as I-IX-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for January 9, 1987
→ Day Index: 9th day of 1987
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 2nd Friday of 1987
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday: 140 days
→ Age on next birthday: 39 years old
→ Days since birth: 14104 days
→ You are: 20,311,067 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,701 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 154 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.88 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 478 🌔
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Capricorn ♑
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Saturn
→ Birth flower: Carnation
→ Birthstone: Garnet
→ Spirit Animal: Goose
→ Power Color: Grey
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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