Date:May 18, 1996

May 18, 1996

May 5, 1996 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Saturday, May 18, 1996 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 210,571,200 breaths and experienced over 1,203,264,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 255,693,600 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 28 years, 7 months, and 4 days


📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat


😴 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: 3,482 days of your life or 9.54 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Independence Day


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (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 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 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

1951
Denny Dillon, American comedian (SNL, Dream On)

1896
Walter Fitzgerald, English actor

1928
Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza - "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.)

1979
(Jens) "Jeb" Bergensten, Swedish video game designer (Minecraft)

1934
Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive

1924
Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS)

1911
Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee)

1890
Mary Charleson, Irish-American silent film actress (Upstairs And Down)


📜 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

National Cheese Soufflé Day
National Cheese Soufflé Day, celebrated on May 18, is all about enjoying and making the fluffy French dish, cheese soufflé, with friends and family, honoring a tradition that dates back to a famous cookbook from the 1700s.

Mother Whistler Day
Mother Whistler Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a quirky holiday that honors the art of whistling for its simple joy and its role in culture, rather than the mother of artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, inspiring us to appreciate the little things in life.

I Love Reese's Day
"I Love Reese's Day," celebrated every May 18, is a holiday created by the Hershey Company to honor the beloved Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, a top-selling candy since 1928, following an online petition supported by 40,000 fans.


🏆 Sports in 1996

🏒 NHL
Colorado Avalanche defeated Florida Panthers (4 - 0) to win the 1996 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996 in Tempe, AZ.

⚾ MLB
New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4 - 2) to win the 1996 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1996 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang (6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-3)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 1996 can be written as V-XVIII-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 1996
Day Index: 139th day of 1996
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1996
Next same calendar year: 2024
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 29 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 15,042,183 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 3,482 days
Months spent sleeping: 114 months
Years spent sleeping: 9.54 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 354 🌑
Life path number: 3
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 1996: 5,831,565,020 Source: un.org

The 1996 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2024. So, mark your calendars!

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