31 May 1987: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Sunday, May 31, 1987 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 276,675,840 breaths and experienced over 1,581,004,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 335,963,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 37 years, 6 months, and 26 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit

😴 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: 4,575 days of your life or 12.53 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Kim Wilde (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♊ May 31 zodiac sign is Gemini ?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 Mercury ☿

🪨 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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Deer

⭐ Celebrities born on May 31st

1915

Barbara Pepper [Marion], American actress (Foreign Correspondent, Green Acres, Rogue Tavern)

1945

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German filmmaker and director (Marriage of Maria Braum)

1961

Lea Thompson, American actress (Back to the Future, Caroline In The City)

1905

Florence Desmond, English actress and comedian

1967

Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality (The Amazing Race)

1979

Vir Das, Indian comedian and actor

1966

Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian

1953

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor

📜 Historical events on this date

1578

Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pave the streets of London.

1902

Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal.

1910

Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

1916

Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645 in an inconclusive battle but strategic British victory. German fleet never puts to sea again in WWI.

1935

7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Quetta in Balochistan, British Raj (Pakistan) killing an estimated 50,000 people.

1947

Communists seize power in Hungary.

1970

7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche.

🎄 Holidays on May 31

National Smile Day

National Smile Day, celebrated on May 31, is a fun holiday created by two dentists to remind everyone how awesome and powerful a healthy smile is, kicking off a whole month dedicated to smiling.

National Speak in Complete Sentences Day

National Speak in Complete Sentences Day, celebrated on May 31, encourages everyone to communicate using proper, full sentences to appreciate and emphasize the importance of clear and effective verbal expression.

National Macaroon Day

National Macaroon Day, celebrated on May 31, is an American holiday honoring the sweet, coconut-based cookie, distinct from the almond flour-based French macaron, despite their similar origins and ingredients.

🏆 Sports in 1987

🏒 NHL

Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB

Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 31, 1987 can be written as V-XXXI-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 31, 1987
→ Day Index: 151st day of 1987
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 5th Sunday of 1987
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 38 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 19,763,431 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,575 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 150 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 12.53 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 465 🌒
→ Life path number: 7
→ Zodiac sign: Gemini ♊
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Deer
→ Power Color: Yellow
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 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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