8 July 1986: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, July 8, 1986 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

10
months

27
days

16
hours

39
minutes

45
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 287,844,480 breaths and experienced over 1,644,825,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 349,525,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 39 years, 1 month, and 2 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐅 Born in → The Year of the Tiger

😴 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: 4,759 days of your life or 13.04 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Top Gun

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red (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 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 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

1940

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

1962

Rob Burnett, American television head writer (David Letterman)

1991

Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is'Thunzi)

1959

Pauline Quirke, British actress (Birds Of A Feather - "Sharon")

1965

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

1944

Jeffrey Tambor, American character actor (Larry Sanders - "Hank"; Arrested Decelopment)

1972

Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor (Fudoh: The New Generation)

1942

Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right)

📜 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

Math 2.0 Day

Math 2.0 Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about how math and technology team up to create cool stuff and make our lives easier, from video games to smartphones.

National Blueberry Day

National Blueberry Day, celebrated on July 8th, is all about appreciating the tasty and health-packed blueberries, highlighting their nutritional benefits and encouraging everyone to enjoy their deliciousness.

Oneofusismissing Day

Oneofusismissing Day, celebrated on July 8, is a special day to remember and honor people we've lost, reminding us to cherish life and come together, regardless of our differences, through activities like sharing stories and watching family videos.

🏆 Sports in 1986

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Calgary Flames (4 - 1) to win the 1986 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots (46 - 10) to win Super Bowl XX on January 26, 1986 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox (4 - 3) to win the 1986 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1986 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mecir (6-4, 6-2, 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Helena Sukova (6-3, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

July 8, 1986 can be written as VII-VIII-MCMLXXXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 8, 1986
→ Day Index: 189th day of 1986
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 2nd Tuesday of 1986
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday: 331 days
→ Age on next birthday: 40 years old
→ Days since birth: 14278 days
→ You are: 20,560,520 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,759 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 156 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 13.04 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 484 🌒
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Cancer ♋
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Moon
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Woodpecker
→ Power Color: Silver
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1986: 4,963,633,228 Source: un.org

The 1986 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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