5 September 1996: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, September 5, 1996 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

4
months

12
hours

21
minutes

16
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 211,055,040 breaths and experienced over 1,206,028,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 256,281,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 28 years, and 8 months

You were born on a Thursday

The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day

Born into → Millennials Generation

Born in → The Year of the Rat

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: 3,490 days of your life or 9.56 years.

#1 movie was: Independence Day

#1 song on your birthday: "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio (source: Billboard Hot 100)

September 5 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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 3 ?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 Sapphire ?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 September is Aster/Myosotis ?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 → Bear

Celebrities born on September 5th

1946

Dennis Dugan, American actor and director (Can't Buy Me Love, Howling)

1969

Dweezil Zappa, American rock guitarist and son of Frank Zappa

1939

Donna Anderson [Knaflich], American actress (On the Beach)

1990

Jeremy Snider, American actor (Eric Jr-Bold & Beautiful)

1965

Chris Gore, American filmmaker

1934

Carol Lawrence, American actress (West Side Story)

1921

Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive

1976

Carice van Houten, Dutch actress (Black Book, Game of Thrones)

Historical events on this date

1666

Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead.

1774

Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1839

The First Opium War begins in China.

2017

Hurricane Irma becomes the post powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history with winds of 185mph.

Holidays on September 5

Another Look Unlimited Day

Another Look Unlimited Day, on September 5th, is when you go through your stuff, especially clothes, to see what you can recycle, give away, donate, or sell, kind of like a big cleanup day after Labor Day.

Telephone Tuesday

Telephone Tuesday is a day, usually the first Tuesday after Labor Day, when businesses receive a huge spike in phone calls from people catching up on tasks, making plans, and purchases, leading to up to 50% more calls than usual.

National Actdumb. Day

National Actdumb Day, celebrated on September 5th, is a day to appreciate and support people's unique qualities and interests, encouraging everyone to have fun and accept differences without judgement.

Sports in 1996

NHL

Colorado Avalanche defeated Florida Panthers (4 - 0) to win the 1996 Stanley Cup.

NFL

Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers (27 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996 in Tempe, AZ.

MLB

New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves (4 - 2) to win the 1996 World Series.

Tennis

In the 1996 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang (6-1, 6-4, 7-6(7-3)) to win the men's singles title. Steffi Graf beat Monica Seles (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

September 5, 1996 can be written as IX-V-MCMXCVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for September 5, 1996
→ Day Index: 249th day of 1996
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 1st Thursday of 1996
→ Next same calendar year: 2052
→ Days until next birthday: 122 days
→ Age on next birthday: 29 years old
→ Days since birth: 10469 days
→ You are: 15,076,538 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 3,490 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 115 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 9.56 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 355
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Aster/Myosotis
→ Birthstone: Sapphire
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ President of United States:
→ World population 1996: 5,831,565,020 Source: un.org

The 1996 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2052. So, mark your calendars!

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