8 July 1985: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Monday, July 8, 1985 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 290,525,760 breaths and experienced over 1,660,147,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 352,781,280 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 39 years, 5 months, and 13 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 4,804 days of your life or 13.16 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Back to the Future

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♋ July 8 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 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 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 8th

1982

Joshua Alba, American actor, brother of Jessica Alba

1958

Kevin Bacon, American actor (Diner; Footloose; She's Having a Baby)

1998

Jaden Smith, American actor (The Karate Kid)

2001

Riele Downs, Canadian actress (Henry Danger)

1968

Billy Crudup, American actor (The Morning Show)

1960

Valerie Pettiford, American actress (One Life to Live, Half & Half)

1965

Corey Parker, American actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)

1940

Marcia Rodd, American actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)

📜 Historical events on this date

1099

First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1497

Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.

1777

Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.

1800

Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.

1853

Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.

1948

500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow.

🎄 Holidays on July 8

National Freezer Pop Day

National Freezer Pop Day, celebrated on July 8th, is a fun holiday where we remember and enjoy eating those delicious, icy popsicles that cool us down and bring back sweet summer memories.

Be a Kid Again Day

Be a Kid Again Day, on July 8, is a fun holiday where everyone gets to act like a kid again, forgetting all adult worries and just having a blast like when they were younger.

National Ice Cream Sundae Day

National Ice Cream Sundae Day, celebrated every July 8th, is a fun day where people across the U.S. enjoy their favorite ice cream sundaes, topped with delicious syrups and various toppings like fruits and nuts.

🏆 Sports in 1985

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

⚾ MLB

Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 1985 can be written as VII-VIII-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 1985
→ Day Index: 189th day of 1985
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 2nd Monday of 1985
→ Next same calendar year: 2030
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 20,752,326 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,804 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 158 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.16 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 489 🌖
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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