12 July 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, July 12, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 319,898,880 breaths and experienced over 1,827,993,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 388,448,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 43 years, 5 months, and 9 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster

😴 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: 5,289 days of your life or 14.49 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 12 zodiac sign is Cancer ?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 11 ?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 Moon ☽

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Monday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Woodpecker

⭐ Celebrities born on July 12th

1960

Corynne Charby [Corinne Charbit], French model, actress and pop singer ("Pile ou face" - "Heads Or Tails")

1991

Erik Per Sullivan, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle)

1976

Anna Friel, British actress (Pushing Daisies)

1933

Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85)

1941

Joseph Whipp, American actor (Escape from Alcatraz)

1964

Gaby Roslin, English television presenter

1980

Johanna Klum, German TV presenter

1957

Buddy Foster, American child actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD)

📜 Historical events on this date

1679

Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court.

1690

Battle of Boyne: in Ireland, Protestant King William III defeats English Catholic King James II.

1790

French Revolution: The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is adopted, putting the Catholic Church in France under the control of the state.

1804

Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a pistol duel by Vice President Aaron Burr.

1863

In New Zealand, British forces invade Waikato, home of the Maori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the wars between Maori and Colonial British.

1913

150,000 Ulstermen gather and resolve to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms; since the British Liberals have promised the Irish nationalists Home Rule, civil war appears imminent.

1943

World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - Russians defeat German forces in one of the largest ever tank battles.

1957

US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.

🎄 Holidays on July 12

National Hair Creator's Day

National Hair Creator's Day, celebrated on July 12th since 2021, is a day to honor and showcase the creativity and self-expression of both professional and self-taught hairstylists, encouraging everyone to flaunt their unique hairstyling skills.

National Eat Your Jello Day

National Eat Your Jello Day, celebrated on July 12th, is a fun holiday where everyone is encouraged to enjoy their favorite flavors and shapes of Jell-O, a classic, versatile dessert first trademarked in 1897.

Night of Nights

The Night of Nights is a special day on July 12th when people remember and celebrate the last time Morse code, a way of sending messages with dots and dashes, was used for commercial messages in the U.S.

🏆 Sports in 1981

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 12, 1981 can be written as VII-XII-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 12, 1981
→ Day Index: 193rd day of 1981
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 2nd Sunday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 22,850,498 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,289 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 174 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.49 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 538 🌔
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 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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