20 May 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, May 20, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 321,068,160 breaths and experienced over 1,834,675,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 389,868,480 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 43 years, 7 months, and 6 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐓 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: 5,309 days of your life or 14.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 20 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 8 ?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 20th

1920

Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression)

1983

Jr. NTR, Indian film actor

1956

Dean Butler, American actor

1919

George Gobel, American humorist, comedian and TV host (The George Gobel Show)

1959

Bronson Pinchot, American actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)

1973

Elsa [Lunghini], French singer ("T'en va pas" - "Don't Go Away") and actress

1948

Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)

1968

Timothy Olyphant, American stage and screen actor (Deadwood; Justified; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

📜 Historical events on this date

1498

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609

Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862

US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864

Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927

At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927

Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990

Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.

🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Armed Forces Day

National Armed Forces Day is a day to honor and thank all the military members of the United States for their service, celebrated on the third Saturday of May every year.

National Band Director's Day

National Band Director's Day, celebrated on May 20, is a special day to thank and appreciate the hardworking band directors and conductors who make school bands awesome, helping students shine at sports events and in music education.

National Rescue Dog Day

National Rescue Dog Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a day to recognize and support the adoption of dogs from shelters, giving them a second chance at a loving home.

🏆 Sports in 1981

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 20, 1981 can be written as V-XX-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1981
→ Day Index: 140th day of 1981
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 44 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 22,934,589 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,309 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 174 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 540 🌖
→ Life path number: 8
→ 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 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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