18 March 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Friday, March 18, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

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You’ve taken nearly 275,425,920 breaths and experienced over 1,573,862,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 334,445,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 4 months, and 26 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌑 The moon was in New 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: 4,554 days of your life or 12.48 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♓ March 18 zodiac sign is Pisces ?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 Neptune ♆

🪨 Your birthstone is Aquamarine ?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 March is Daffodil ?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 → Thursday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Wolf

⭐ Celebrities born on March 18th

1907

Betty Compton [Violet Halling Compton], British actress (Too Many Millions)

1970

Michael Rapaport, actor (Zak-Zebrahead)

1968

Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1919

Christopher Challis, British cinematographer (worked with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

1926

Peter Graves [Aurness], American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17)

1950

Brad Dourif, American actor (Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

1913

Rene Clement, French film director and writer (Is Paris Burning)

1947

David Lloyd, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 214no; Lancashire CCC), coach (England 1996-99) and broadcaster (Sky Sports)

📜 Historical events on this date

1123

1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified.

1314

Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France.

1325

According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico.

1900

Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war.

1922

British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience.

1940

Benito Mussolini and Italy join Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain.

1965

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

🎄 Holidays on March 18

National Sloppy Joe Day

National Sloppy Joe Day, celebrated every March 18th, is a fun holiday that honors the delicious and messy sandwich, the sloppy Joe, which has been a favorite for nearly 95 years.

National Supreme Sacrifice Day

National Supreme Sacrifice Day is when we honor and remember people who bravely gave up their lives for others or important causes, showing the ultimate form of selflessness.

National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day

National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day, celebrated on March 18th, is all about enjoying a thinner, crispier, and yummier version of the classic oatmeal cookie, perfect for those who like the taste of oats without the chunky texture.

🏆 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.

March 18, 1988 can be written as III-XVIII-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for March 18, 1988
→ Day Index: 78th day of 1988
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday: 216 days
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth: 13662 days
→ You are: 19,673,812 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,554 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 149 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.48 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 463 🌑
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Pisces ♓
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Neptune
→ Birth flower: Daffodil
→ Birthstone: Aquamarine
→ Spirit Animal: Wolf
→ Power Color: Light Green
→ 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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