18 May 2003: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, May 18, 2003 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 159,042,240 breaths and experienced over 908,812,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 193,122,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 21 years, 7 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐐 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: 2,630 days of your life or 7.2 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Get Busy" by Sean Paul (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Tiësto followed by Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren 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 1 ?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)

1917

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

1947

Candice Azzara, American actress (Fatso)

1987

Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model and singer

1911

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

1918

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

1931

Robert Morse, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Mad Men)

1928

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

At the age of 47, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2003 with $40.7 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $30.5 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

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.

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.

National Aperitif Day

National Aperitif Day is a day when people celebrate by having special drinks before their meals to help increase their appetite.

🏆 Sports in 2003

🏒 NHL

New Jersey Devils defeated Anaheim Mighty Ducks (4 - 3) to win the 2003 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders (48 - 21) to win Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26, 2003 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB

Florida Marlins beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 2003 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2003 US Open Championships, Andy Roddick defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero (6-3, 7-6(7-2), 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Justine Henin beat Kim Clijsters (7-5, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2003 can be written as V-XVIII-MMIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2003
→ Day Index: 138th day of 2003
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2003
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 22 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 11,361,498 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,630 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 86 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 7.2 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 267 🌖
→ Life path number: 1
→ 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 2003: 6,381,408,987 Source: un.org

The 2003 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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