21 July 1986: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Monday, July 21, 1986 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

2
months

14
days

10
hours

32
minutes

17
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 285,647,040 breaths and experienced over 1,632,268,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 346,857,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 38 years, 9 months, and 16 days

You were born on a Monday

The moon was in Full phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

Born in → The Year of the Tiger

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: 4,723 days of your life or 12.94 years.

#1 movie was: Top Gun

#1 song on your birthday: "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel (source: Billboard Hot 100)

July 21 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 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 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 21st

1992

Jessica Barden, English actress (The End of the F***ing World)

1974

Terry Coldwell, British pop singer (East 17 - "Stay Another Day"), and actor

1953

Jeff Fatt, Chinese-Australian actor (The Wiggles)

1942

Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live)

1947

Polly Matzinger, French-American immunologist (danger model for the immune system)

1971

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress (La Bûche, Antichrist)

1980

Lee Camp, American comedian (Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp)

1972

Shinjiro Otani, Japanese wrestler (NJPW)

Historical events on this date

365

Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria.

1861

First Battle of Bull Run [Battle of First Manassas], 1st major battle of the US Civil War is fought near Manassas, Virginia, Confederate victory.

1904

After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed.

1925

John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 & costs.

1969

Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT).

1970

Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile.

2015

On This Day changes its domain name and brand from HistoryOrb.com to OnThisDay.com.

Holidays on July 21

Take a Monkey to Lunch Day

"Take a Monkey to Lunch Day," celebrated on July 21, is all about appreciating monkeys and their primate cousins, aiming to raise awareness about their diverse species and the challenges they face, ultimately supporting a better environment for them.

National Be Someone Day

National Be Someone Day, on July 21, is a day where we can all be heroes by taking just 10 seconds to help stop child abuse by noticing and reporting it to help keep kids safe.

Comic Con

Comic-Con is a huge four-day celebration where fans of comics, games, movies, and TV shows gather to geek out, meet creators, and see cool stuff, happening every July in San Diego and other places globally.

Sports in 1986

NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 1) to win the 1986 Stanley Cup.

NFL

Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots (46 - 10) to win Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, LA.

MLB

New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox (4 - 3) to win the 1986 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1986 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 21, 1986 can be written as VII-XXI-MCMLXXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for July 21, 1986
→ Day Index: 202nd day of 1986
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1986
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday: 75 days
→ Age on next birthday: 39 years old
→ Days since birth: 14169 days
→ You are: 20,404,407 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,723 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 155 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.94 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 480
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1986: 4,963,633,228 Source: un.org

The 1986 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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