Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, April 17, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Grease
🎮 Number one video game › Space Invaders
🎵 Number one song › "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,233,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 416,674,080 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,960,819,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,859,528,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 343,143,360 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 24, 2009.
What happened on my birthday
1387
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars).
1492
Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1895
Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed ending the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
1961
1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
1982
Proclamation of the Constitution Act by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Famous people with my birthday
1979
Siddharth Narayan, Indian film actor
1959
(Shaun) "Sean" Bean, English actor (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Game of Thrones)
1966
Vikram [Kennedy John Victor], Indian actor (I)
1935
Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (Eternity and a Day, The Travelling Players)
1967
Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-Scottish actor (Desmond Hume-Lost)
1996
Dee Dee Davis, American actress
1975
Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor and model
1982
Lee Joon-gi, South Korean actor and model
Holidays on Monday, April 17th
There's Nothing Like a Dame Day
"There's Nothing Like a Dame Day" on April 17 celebrates women in theater and movies, inspired by famous actresses and highlighting the honor of being named a Dame in the UK for outstanding contributions.
Orthodox Easter Monday
Orthodox Easter Monday, also called "Bright Monday" or "Monday of Renewal," is celebrated by Orthodox Christians as a continuation of Easter, marking Jesus Christ's resurrection, and it falls on a different date than Catholic Easter due to different calendars used.
Ford Mustang Day
Ford Mustang Day, celebrated on April 17th, is when car enthusiasts honor the iconic and powerful Ford Mustang by showing off their cars and joining in events and rallies worldwide.
Go Fly a Kite Day
"Go Fly a Kite Day," celebrated every third Sunday in April, encourages people to enjoy flying kites, transforming the old dismissive phrase into a fun, outdoor activity.
National Cheese Ball Day
National Cheese Ball Day, celebrated on April 17th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy making and eating cheese balls, which are tasty snacks made from cheese and often coated in nuts or spices, not about funny sweaters.
