18 May 2012: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Friday, May 18, 2012 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 92,756,160 breaths and experienced over 530,035,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 112,632,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 12 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 Alpha

🐉 Born in → The Year of the Dragon

😴 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: 1,534 days of your life or 4.2 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Marvel's The Avengers

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Armin van Buuren followed by Tiësto and Avicii 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

1941

Diane McBain, American actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)

1926

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

1911

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

1917

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

1896

Walter Fitzgerald, English actor

1897

Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet)

1958

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

1971

Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter

At the age of 72, Carlos Slim & family was the richest person in the world in 2012 with $69 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $61 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

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.

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 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.

🏆 Sports in 2012

🏒 NHL

Los Angeles Kings defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 2) to win the 2012 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat New England Patriots (21 - 17) to win Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN.

⚾ MLB

San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers (4 - 0) to win the 2012 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2012 US Open Championships, Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic (7-6(12-10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2012 can be written as V-XVIII-MMXII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2012
→ Day Index: 139th day of 2012
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 2012
→ Next same calendar year: 2040
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 13 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 6,626,772 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,534 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 50 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 4.2 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 156 🌘
→ 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 2012: 7,128,176,935 Source: un.org

The 2012 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2040. So, mark your calendars!

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