18 May 2021: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, May 18, 2021 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 26,490,240 breaths and experienced over 151,372,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 32,166,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 3 years, 7 months, and 4 days

📅 You were born on a Tuesday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 438 days of your life or 1.2 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Spider-Man: No Way Home

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Martin Garrix 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

1950

Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and TV host (Telespiele)

1979

(Jens) "Jeb" Bergensten, Swedish video game designer (Minecraft)

1947

Candice Azzara, American actress (Fatso)

1958

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

1934

Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive

1890

Mary Charleson, Irish-American silent film actress (Upstairs And Down)

1897

Jack Raine, British actor (Quartet)

1917

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

At the age of 50, Elon Musk was the richest person in the world in 2021 with $274 billion fortune, followed by Jeff Bezos with $197 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.

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.

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.

🏆 Sports in 2021

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Montreal Canadiens (4 - 1) to win the 2021 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Kansas City Chiefs (31 - 9) to win Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021 in Inglewood, CA.

⚾ MLB

Atlanta Braves beat Houston Astros (4 - 1) to win the 2021 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2021 US Open Championships, Daniil Medvedev defeated Novak Djokovic (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Emma Raducanu beat Leylah Fernandez (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 18, 2021 can be written as V-XVIII-MMXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 18, 2021
→ Day Index: 138th day of 2021
→ Day of week: Tuesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2021
→ Next same calendar year: 2027
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 4 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 1,893,505 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 438 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 14 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 1.2 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 45 🌒
→ 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 2021: 7,924,798,739 Source: un.org

The 2021 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2027. So, mark your calendars!

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