18 May 2008: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Sunday, May 18, 2008 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 122,209,920 breaths and experienced over 698,342,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 148,397,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 16 years, 7 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Z

🐀 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: 2,021 days of your life or 5.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Dark Knight

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Take a Bow" by Rihanna (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Paul van Dyk 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 6 ?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

1903

George E Stone, Polish actor (Viva Villa; Last Mile; 5 Star Final; Front Page)

1926

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

1917

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

1896

Walter Fitzgerald, English actor

1992

Spencer Breslin, American actor

1958

Toyah Wilcox, English singer ("I Want to Be Free"), actress, and Mrs. Robert Fripp

1987

Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and model and singer

1947

Candice Azzara, American actress (Fatso)

At the age of 77, Warren Buffett was the richest person in the world in 2008 with $62 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim with $60 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 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.

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 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.

🏆 Sports in 2008

🏒 NHL

Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh Penguins (4 - 2) to win the 2008 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat New England Patriots (17 - 14) to win Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008 in Glendale, AZ.

⚾ MLB

Philadelphia Phillies beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 1) to win the 2008 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2008 US Open Championships, Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray (6-2, 7-5, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Jelena Jankovic (6-4, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2008 can be written as V-XVIII-MMVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2008
→ Day Index: 139th day of 2008
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2008
→ Next same calendar year: 2036
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 17 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 8,730,638 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 2,021 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 66 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 5.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 205 🌔
→ Life path number: 6
→ 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 2008: 6,789,771,253 Source: un.org

The 2008 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2036. So, mark your calendars!

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