26 July 2004: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Monday, July 26, 2004 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 150,353,280 breaths and experienced over 859,161,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 182,571,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 20 years, and 5 months

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 2,486 days of your life or 6.81 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Shrek 2

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Confessions Part II" by Usher (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Tiësto followed by Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

♌ 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 3 ?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

1983

Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler

1981

Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director (Down Under)

1980

Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor

1950

Susan George, English actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)

1979

Mageina Tovah, American actress (Joan of Arcadia)

1936

Kathryn Hays, American actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)

1973

Kate Beckinsale, British actress (Underworld series)

1982

Chez Starbuck, American actor (The Thirteenth Year)

At the age of 48, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2004 with $46.6 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $42.9 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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 Disability Independence Day

National Disability Independence Day, celebrated every July 26th, commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, which made discrimination against people with disabilities illegal and ensured they could fully participate in society, work, and live independently.

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 Bagelfest Day

National Bagelfest Day, celebrated on July 26th, is a fun holiday dedicated to enjoying and learning cool facts about bagels, the unique bread boiled before it's baked, with lots of eating and maybe some coffee on the side.

🏆 Sports in 2004

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 3) to win the 2004 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers (32 - 29) to win Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 0) to win the 2004 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2004 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Lleyton Hewitt (6-0, 7-6(7-3), 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Elena Dementieva (6-3, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 26, 2004 can be written as VII-XXVI-MMIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 26, 2004
→ Day Index: 208th day of 2004
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 4th Monday of 2004
→ Next same calendar year: 2032
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 21 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 10,740,720 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,486 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 82 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 6.81 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 253 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2004: 6,461,370,865 Source: un.org

The 2004 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2032. So, mark your calendars!

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