Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Taurus.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1981 was the year of the Rooster (Yin Water).
Native American Zodiac: The 15th of May, 1981 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
Age: Anyone born on the 15th of May, 1981, will be 36 years of age.
American Format: 05-15-1981 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
YMD Format: 1981-05-15. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19810515" are easier to sort.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 358729200.
Holidays
National holidays and famous events that fall on the 15th of May:
Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
Music Singles
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 15th of May, 1981:
United States: Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
United Kingdom: Stand And Deliver - Adam & Ants
News Topics, Fads & Culture
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on the 15th of May, 1981.
Iran-Iraq War
Between the 22nd of September, 1980, and the 20th of August, 1988, an armed conflict was being fought between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iraqi Republic.
US President
Who was the US President on this particular date?
Ronald Reagan was the President of the United States on the 15th of May, 1981.
Conception Dates
Interesting facts about conception dates.
A baby that was born on the 15th of May, 1981 was probably conceived around the 5th of August, 1980. (Rough Estimate).
The due date for a baby that was conceived on the 15th of May, 1981 is the 22nd of February, 1982. (Rough Estimate).
Around This Time...
Things that happened during this general period of time...
1st of May, 1981: The horror movie Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) is released.
5th of May, 1981: Provisional IRA member Bobby Sands dies while on hunger strike in prison.
11th of May, 1981: Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter Bob Marley dies from cancer.
22nd of May, 1981: Peter Sutcliffe is found guilty of being the Yorkshire Ripper.
5th of June, 1981: News of AIDS begins to spread, as the CDC issues a report about a rare case of pneumonia found that has been found in five homosexual men..
7th of June, 1981: Israel carries out an airstrike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor.
On This Date
Historical events that have occurred on the 15th of May:
15th of May, 1969: American teenager Robert Rayford dies of a mysterious illness in Missouri. Nearly two decades later, it is discovered that this was one of the first cases of AIDS in the United States
15th of May, 1972: Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace is shot five times in an assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland.
15th of May, 1993: Ireland win the Eurovision with Niamh Kavanagh's song "In Your Eyes".
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Videos
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Visualize
Visualize the days that have passed since the 15th of May, 1981. Each day that has passed will be represented as a calendar icon.
Time Difference & Statistics
Here are some fun statistics about the 15th of May, 1981.
13,489 days have passed since this date.
1,165,449,600 seconds have passed since the 15th of May, 1981.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,359,691,200 times.
Since the 15th of May, 1981, earth has travelled approximately 601,371,993,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 194,241,600 times.
If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 100,228,666 steps. That's about 44,546 miles!
Since this date, 13,985,395 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!
Translations
Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Friday" in other languages is:
German: Freitag.
French: Vendredi.
Italian: Venerdi.
Spanish: Viernes.
Portuguese: Sexta-feira.
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