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5th of November, 1981

Here are some facts about this particular date:

• What Day: The 5th of November, 1981, fell on a Thursday.
• Decade: 1980s.
• 36 years, 10 months and 18 days have passed since the 5th of November, 1981.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 45 of 1981.

• Day 309 of 1981.
• Leap Year: 1981 was NOT a leap year.
• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on this date will have the star sign Scorpio.
• Zodiac Element: Water.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1981 was the year of the Rooster (Yin Water).
• Native American Zodiac: The 5th of November, 1981 falls under the Snake.
• Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of November will have the birthstones Topaz and Citrine.
• Age: Anyone born on the 5th of November, 1981, will be 36 years of age.
• American Format: 11-05-1981 (the MDY format is also used in Belize).
• YMD Format: 1981-11-05. This format is often used by software applications, simply because numbers such as "19811105" are easier to sort.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 373766400.

Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on the 5th of November, 1981:

• United States: Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
• United Kingdom: It's My Party - Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin

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 5th of November, 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 5th of November, 1981.

Conception Dates

Interesting facts about conception dates.

• A baby that was born on the 5th of November, 1981 was probably conceived around the 26th of January, 1981. (Rough Estimate).
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on the 5th of November, 1981 is the 15th of August, 1982. (Rough Estimate).

Around This Time...

Things that happened during this general period of time...

• 6th of October, 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated by fundamentalist army officers.
• 15th of October, 1981: The Evil Dead (1981) is released.
• 30th of October, 1981: The film Halloween II (1981) is released.
• 16th of November, 1981: Millions of people tune in to watch Luke and Laura marry on the American soap opera General Hospital.
• 27th of November, 1981: The single "Don't You Want Me" is released by The Human League.
• 4th of December, 1981: The movie On Golden Pond (1981) is released.

On This Date

Historical events that have occurred on the 5th of November:

• 5th of November, 1605: The Gunpowder Plot fails.
• 5th of November, 1968: Richard Nixon is elected as the President of the United States.
• 5th of November, 1994: Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that he has Alzheimer's disease
• 5th of November, 1996: US President Bill Clinton is re-elected to the White House after defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole.
• 5th of November, 2006: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging.
• 5th of November, 2007: The Writers Guild of America goes on strike.
• 5th of November, 2007: The game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is released.
• 5th of November, 1993: RoboCop 3 (1993) is released.
• 5th of November, 1999: The Bone Collector (1999), starring Denzel Washington, is released in movie theaters.
• 5th of November, 2003: The Matrix Revolutions (2003) is released.
• 5th of November, 2004: The Incredibles (2004) is released.
• 5th of November, 2013: Call of Duty: Ghosts is released.
• 5th of November, 2014: The film Interstellar (2014) is released.

Television

TV shows that you might have been watching around this time.

• The Smurfs - Animated fantasy-comedy television series.
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Animated television series that ran in the early 1980s.
• Only Fools and Horses - British television comedy.
• Magnum, P.I. - Starring Tom Selleck as Private Investigator Thomas Magnum.
• Knots Landing - American soap opera.
• Archie Bunker's Place - Sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor.
• Trapper John, M.D. - Medical drama.
• Hart to Hart - TV show about a couple who moonlight as detectives.
• The Dukes of Hazzard - American television series.
• Mork & Mindy - Comedy TV show about an alien called Mork. Starring Robin Williams.

Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 5th of November:

• 5th of November, 1931: Ike Turner: Musician.
• 5th of November, 1959: Bryan Adams: Singer.

Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about the 5th of November, 1981.

• 13,472 days have passed since this date.
• 1,163,977,200 seconds have passed since the 5th of November, 1981.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,357,973,400 times.
• Since the 5th of November, 1981, earth has travelled approximately 600,612,235,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 193,996,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 100,102,039 steps. That's about 44,490 miles!
• Since this date, 13,967,726 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!

Translations

Time for a quick language lesson! The word for "Thursday" in other languages is:

• German: Donnerstag.
• French: Jeudi.
• Italian: Giovedi.
• Spanish: Jueves.
• Portuguese: Quinta-feira.

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