Date:May 18, 2001

May 18, 2001

May 5, 2001 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Friday, May 18, 2001 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 173,759,040 breaths and experienced over 992,908,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 210,993,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 23 years, 7 months, and 4 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Z


🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent


😴 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: 2,873 days of your life or 7.87 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "All For You" by Janet (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was John Digweed followed by Sasha and Danny Tenaglia according to DJ Mag.

♉ 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 8 ?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

1897
Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet)

1971
Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter

1988
Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

1917
James Donald, Scottish actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings, In Which We Serve, Way Ahead)

1997
Alana Etheridge, American actress

1926
Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke; Mig og mafiaen)

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

At the age of 45, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2001 with $58.7 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $32.3 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 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.

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.

National No Dirty Dishes Day
National No Dirty Dishes Day, celebrated on May 18, is a fun holiday encouraging everyone to avoid leaving any dishes dirty for a day, making it a break for people and sinks alike from the chore of dishwashing.


🏆 Sports in 2001

🏒 NHL
Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 3) to win the 2001 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants (34 - 7) to win Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 in Tampa Bay, FL.

⚾ MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the 2001 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2001 US Open Championships, Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras (7-6(7-4), 6-1, 6-1) to win the men's singles title. Venus Williams beat Serena Williams (6-2, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2001 can be written as V-XVIII-MMI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2001
Day Index: 138th day of 2001
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 3rd Friday of 2001
Next same calendar year: 2029
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 24 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 12,412,729 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 2,873 days
Months spent sleeping: 94 months
Years spent sleeping: 7.87 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 292 🌘
Life path number: 8
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 2001: 6,223,412,158 Source: un.org

The 2001 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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