18 May 1979: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Friday, May 18, 1979 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 335,784,960 breaths and experienced over 1,918,771,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 407,738,880 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 7 months, and 5 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐐 Born in → The Year of the Goat

😴 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: 5,552 days of your life or 15.21 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Kramer vs. Kramer

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 18 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 4 ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 18th

1923

Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek, The Magic Sword, Monroes)

1954

Barry E. Jackson, American film production designer, animator, illustrator, graphic artist, and children's book author

1918

Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (Last Tango in Paris, In the Name of the Law)

1997

Alana Etheridge, American actress

1912

Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo)

1951

Denny Dillon, American comedian (SNL, Dream On)

1943

James Reiher 'Deuce', American professional wrestler

1917

James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead)

📜 Historical events on this date

1291

Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre.

1291

After 100 years of crusader control, Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.

1804

Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

1896

Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.

1974

India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.

2009

Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.

🎄 Holidays on May 18

Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day

Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a day to send digital cards to friends and family, promoting a quick, cost-effective, and eco-friendly way to show you care.

National Notebook Day

National Notebook Day, celebrated on the third Thursday of May, is a day to encourage people to write down their thoughts, ideas, and memories in a notebook to help focus their minds and find inspiration later on.

National Visit Your Relatives Day

National Visit Your Relatives Day, celebrated on May 18th, is all about taking a break from our busy lives to hang out or catch up with family members we haven't seen in a while.

🏆 Sports in 1979

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 1979 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys (35 - 31) to win Super Bowl XIII on January 21, 1979 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles (4 - 3) to win the 1979 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1979 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis (7-5, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 1979 can be written as V-XVIII-MCMLXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 1979
→ Day Index: 138th day of 1979
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1979
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,984,775 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,552 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 182 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.21 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 565 🌗
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1979: 4,380,585,755 Source: un.org

The 1979 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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