28 July 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Thursday, July 28, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 268,027,200 breaths and experienced over 1,531,584,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 325,461,600 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 4 months, and 24 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌔 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: 4,432 days of your life or 12.14 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

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

♌ July 28 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 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 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 28th

1985

Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor

1981

Billy Aaron Brown, American actor

1954

Bruce Abbott, American actor (Dark Justice)

1986

Alexandra Chando, American actress (As the World Turns)

1975

Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer

1952

Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)

1964

Lori Loughlin, American actress (Full House, Summerland)

1963

Patrizia Pellegrino, Italian actress and TV personality (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980)

📜 Historical events on this date

1794

French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris.

1914

Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI.

1917

Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching.

1943

Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians.

1976

Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 Northern China in the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century.

2005

The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.

🎄 Holidays on July 28

System Administrator Appreciation Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day, celebrated on July 28, is a special day to thank and celebrate the tech wizards who keep our computer systems running smoothly, ensuring we can work, play, and connect online without a hitch.

National Soccer Day

National Soccer Day, celebrated every July 28th, is a day dedicated to enjoying and promoting soccer, a favorite sport among millions, where people come together to play, watch, and celebrate the game.

National Milk Chocolate Day

National Milk Chocolate Day, celebrated every July 28th, honors the creamy and smooth favorite by indulging in all things made with this popular form of chocolate, originally created in the mid-1800s.

🏆 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 28, 1988 can be written as VII-XXVIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 28, 1988
→ Day Index: 210th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,145,480 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,432 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 145 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.14 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 451 🌔
→ Life path number: 7
→ 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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