30 July 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Thursday, July 30, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 319,536,000 breaths and experienced over 1,825,920,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 388,008,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 43 years, 4 months, and 22 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 5,283 days of your life or 14.47 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ July 30 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 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 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 30th

1945

David Sanborn, American jazz saxophonist (David Letterman Show)

1999

Joey King, American actress (The Kissing Booth, The Act)

1954

Ken Olin, American actor (Thirtysomething; Brothers & Sisters), and director (Alias; This Is Us)

1958

Richard Burgi, American actor (Chad Rollo-Another World)

1957

Mark Tymchyshyn, American actor (Gavin-As The World Turns)

1953

Phil Davis, British actor (Whitechapel; North Square; Vera Drake), and director

1969

Simon Baker, Australian actor

1956

Delta Burke, American actress (Suzanne-Designing Women)

📜 Historical events on this date

1178

Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy.

1419

First defenestration of Prague: anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague town hall and throw the judge, mayor and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or killed by crowd outside.

1619

House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective American governing body.

1863

Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.

1869

The Charles, considered the world’s first "oil tanker", departs from the United States headed for Europe with a bulk capacity of 7,000 barrels of oil.

1935

1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution.

1937

Russian Politburo issues NKVD Order no. 00447, to repress former kulak and anti-soviets, 269,100 to be arrested, 76,000 to be shot. Part of the Great Purge.

🎄 Holidays on July 30

National Cheesecake Day

National Cheesecake Day, celebrated on July 30th, is a fun holiday where people in America enjoy eating and sharing different kinds of delicious cheesecake.

Paperback Book Day

Paperback Book Day, celebrated on July 30, is all about enjoying the feel and convenience of softcover books, encouraging us to dive into stories and learn new things wherever we go.

National Support Public Education Day

National Support Public Education Day, celebrated on July 30, emphasizes the importance of education for a country's future by raising awareness and promoting access to education for everyone.

🏆 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 30, 1981 can be written as VII-XXX-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 30, 1981
→ Day Index: 211th day of 1981
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 5th Thursday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 22,824,597 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,283 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 173 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.47 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 537 🌘
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ 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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