21 May 1988: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, May 21, 1988 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 268,511,040 breaths and experienced over 1,534,348,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 326,049,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 36 years, 5 months, and 17 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐉 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: 4,440 days of your life or 12.16 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rain Man

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 21 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 7 ?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 21st

1969

Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress

1974

Fairuza Balk, American actress (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging)

1954

Marina Langner, German beauty queen, Miss World runner-up (1975)

1984

Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen

1938

David Groh, American actor (Rhoda - "Joe"; Another Day - "Don")

1976

Christopher Tin, American film, television, and video game score composer (Baba Yetu)

1973

Noel Fielding, British comedian (The Mighty Boosh, The Great British Baking Show)

1986

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress (High Fidelity, The Holdovers)

📜 Historical events on this date

1792

Mount Unzen on Japan's Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan's deadliest volcanic eruption.

1832

1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore).

1871

-July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die.

1927

Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic.

1932

After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, becoming the 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman.

🎄 Holidays on May 21

Emergency Medical Services Day

Emergency Medical Services Day is a special day to thank and learn about the heroes who quickly come to help us during emergencies, like ambulance drivers and emergency room doctors, and it's celebrated every year in May.

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day, celebrated on May 21, encourages everyone to eat more fresh produce to lead healthier lives and combat obesity and lifestyle diseases.

National Waiters and Waitresses Day

National Waiters and Waitresses Day, celebrated on May 21, is a day to appreciate the hard work of servers in restaurants, recognizing their role in making dining out enjoyable and encouraging people to tip them well for their service.

🏆 Sports in 1988

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1988 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos (42 - 10) to win Super Bowl XXII on January 31, 1988 in San Diego, CA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland Athletics (4 - 1) to win the 1988 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1988 US Open Championships, Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl (6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 21, 1988 can be written as V-XXI-MCMLXXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 21, 1988
→ Day Index: 142nd day of 1988
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1988
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 37 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,179,738 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,440 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 146 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.16 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 451 🌒
→ Life path number: 7
→ 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 1988: 5,148,556,956 Source: un.org

The 1988 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2044. So, mark your calendars!

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