31 May 1989: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, May 31, 1989 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 261,938,880 breaths and experienced over 1,496,793,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 318,068,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 35 years, 6 months, and 26 days

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent

😴 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: 4,331 days of your life or 11.87 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Batman

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Rock On" by Michael Damian (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 9 ?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

1901

Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American Emmy Award-winning conductor (CBS Symphony; Columbia Pan-American Orchestra), and composer (The Great City)

1929

Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (The Bad and the Beautiful, Take the High Ground)

1914

Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, best known for his film scores in the Godzilla films

1990

Philippa Soo, American stage actress (Hamilton)

1956

Yoshiko Sakakibara, Japanese actress (Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter)

1912

Dave O'Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid)

1916

Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker and director (Fanfare; Glass)

1945

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

📜 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 Save Your Hearing Day

National Save Your Hearing Day, celebrated on May 31, is all about learning ways to protect your ears from loud noises to prevent hearing loss.

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.

Autonomous Vehicle Day

Autonomous Vehicle Day, celebrated on May 31, is a day to explore the exciting advancements in self-driving cars, showing how close we are to transforming the way we travel without needing to manually control the car.

🏆 Sports in 1989

🏒 NHL

Calgary Flames defeated Montreal Canadiens (4 - 2) to win the 1989 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals (20 - 16) to win Super Bowl XXIII on January 22, 1989 in Miami, FL.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 0) to win the 1989 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1989 US Open Championships, Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl (7-6(7-2), 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Martina Navratilova (3-6, 7-5, 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

May 31, 1989 can be written as V-XXXI-MCMLXXXIX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 31, 1989
→ Day Index: 151st day of 1989
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 5th Wednesday of 1989
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 36 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 18,710,825 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 4,331 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 142 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 11.87 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 440 🌘
→ Life path number: 9
→ 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 1989: 5,240,735,117 Source: un.org

The 1989 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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