Did you know that August 20, 1989 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Countdown to Your 37th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 36th birthday on Wednesday. How was your 36th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
Did you know that people born on August 20
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 239 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 37 years old. There have been 13275 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 4425 days, which is equivalent to 12.12 years. You spent 33.67% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 37 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 38 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 39 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 40 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 41 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 42 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 43 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 44 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 45 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 46 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 20

What is birthstone for people born on August 20, 1989? It's Peridot. Your radiant and joyful nature is a guiding light to those closest to you. This natural tendency of those around you leads them to be creative problem-solvers who are intelligent and energetic.
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on August 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980) |
| 1929 | Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Peter Randall, English sergeant (d. 2007) |
| 1931 | Don King, American boxing promoter |
| 1932 | Anthony Ainley, English actor (d. 2004) |
| 1932 | Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (d. 1983) |
| 1932 | Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (d. 2009) |
| 1933 | George J. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician |
| 1933 | Ted Donaldson, American actor (d. 2023) |
Did you know that on August 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801) |
| 1859 | Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811) |
| 1882 | James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820) |
| 1887 | Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860) |
| 1893 | Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827) |
| 1897 | Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827) |
| 1912 | William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829) |
| 1914 | Pope Pius X (b. 1835) |
| 1915 | Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854) |
| 1917 | Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 20
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1995 | The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. |
| 1997 | Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. |
| 1998 | The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. |
| 1998 | U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. |
| 2002 | A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering. |
| 2006 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai. |
| 2007 | China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. |
| 2008 | Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. |
| 2012 | A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. |
| 2014 | Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day. |
In 1989, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 65,399 baby boys were named Michael in 1989. The rest were named Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. While the popular baby girl name in 1989 was Jessica. There were 47,887 baby girls named Jessica that year. While the rest were named Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1989 there were 5,237,441,434 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 436,453,453. This shows that there were 436,453,453 babies born every month in 1989. It can also be concluded that there are 14,548,449 babies born every day and 10,104 babies born every minute which is mean that 169 babies born every second in the year 1989. Maybe one of them is you.
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