26 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, July 26, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 268,188,480 breaths and experienced over 1,532,505,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 325,657,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 5 months, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐉 Born in → The Year of the Dragon

😴 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: 4,434 days of your life or 12.15 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Roll With It" by Steve Winwood (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ July 26 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 5 ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on July 26th

1956

Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler

1971

Dan Harris, American journalist and TV anchor (Nightline; Good Morning America)

1987

Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

1964

Danny Woodburn, American actor and comedian

1957

Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer

1950

Susan George, English actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)

1922

Jason Robards, American actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday)

1981

Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director (Down Under)

📜 Historical events on this date

657

Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River.

1519

Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America.

1803

The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.

1908

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

1945

Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII.

1953

Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba.

🎄 Holidays on July 26

National Aunt and Uncle Day

National Aunt and Uncle Day, celebrated every July 26, is a special day to honor and spend time with your aunts and uncles, recognizing their unique role in your life, often as second parents or close friends who have fun stories from your childhood.

Tisha B'Av

Tisha B'Av is a solemn Jewish holiday that remembers the destruction of two important temples and other tragedies, making it a day of mourning and fasting.

National Coffee Milkshake Day

National Coffee Milkshake Day, on July 26, is a cool holiday where you get to enjoy a delicious blend of ice cream and coffee in a milkshake, perfect for a hot summer day and a fun, tasty way to get a little caffeine kick.

🏆 Sports in 1988

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1988 US Open Championships, Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 26, 1988 can be written as VII-XXVI-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 26, 1988
→ Day Index: 208th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 4th Tuesday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,157,034 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,434 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 146 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.15 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 451 🌔
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1988: 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

The 1988 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2044. So, mark your calendars!

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