Date:May 18, 2017

May 18, 2017

May 5, 2017 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Thursday, May 18, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 55,944,000 breaths and experienced over 319,680,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 67,932,000 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

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


📅 You were born on a Thursday


🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha


🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster


😴 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: 925 days of your life or 2.53 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "I'm the One" by DJ Khaled (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 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 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

1954
Barry E. Jackson, American film production designer, animator, illustrator, graphic artist, and children's book author

1992
Spencer Breslin, American actor

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

1958
Toyah Wilcox, English singer ("I Want to Be Free"), actress, and Mrs. Robert Fripp

1962
Mike Darnell, American television executive 'the King of Reality TV' (Fox, Warner Bros)

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

1946
Andreas Katsulas, American actor (Babylon 5)

1950
Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and TV host (Telespiele)

At the age of 61, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2017 with $86 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $75.6 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

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.

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 2017

🏒 NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Nashville Predators (4 - 2) to win the 2017 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New England Patriots beat Atlanta Falcons (34 - 28) to win Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB
Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2017 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2017 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Sloane Stephens beat Madison Keys (6-3, 6-0) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2017 can be written as V-XVIII-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2017
Day Index: 138th day of 2017
Day of week: Thursday
Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 2017
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 8 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 3,997,335 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 925 days
Months spent sleeping: 30 months
Years spent sleeping: 2.53 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 94 🌗
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 2017: 7,550,262,101 Source: un.org

The 2017 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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