Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, July 4, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Cancer
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Moon ☽
🐼 Spirit Animal › Woodpecker
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Larkspur
🪨 Birthstone › Ruby
📅 Lucky day › Monday ⬤Power Color › Silver
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,108,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 414,764,640 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,951,833,600 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,846,424,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 341,570,880 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 12, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1776
US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain.
1785
James Hutton, geologist, publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at the meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1803
The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson.
1838
Huskar Colliery Mining Disaster in Silkstone England: mining pit floods drown 26 children, leads to 1842'Mines and Collieries Act' bans women and children working underground.
1934
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
2017
North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan.
Famous people with my birthday
1931
Stephen Boyd [William Millar], Irish actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur)
1933
Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler
1907
Elliott Sullivan, American actor (The Persuaders!, Fury Below, Sergeant)
1966
Lee Reherman, American actor
1930
Frunzik [Mher Mkrtchyan], Armenian actor (Mimino, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style)
1978
Becki Newton, American actress
1964
Mark Whiting, American filmmaker and actor
1939
Ed Bernard, American actor (Joe-Police Woman, Jim-White Shadow)
Holidays on Tuesday, July 4th
Filipino-American Friendship Day
Filipino-American Friendship Day, celebrated every July 4th, marks the strong bond between the Philippines and the United States, highlighting their journey from a rocky start to close allies, especially after America helped the Philippines during WWII.
Independence Day
Independence Day, celebrated on July 4th, is when Americans celebrate the country's birthday, marking the day the United States declared independence from Britain in 1776, with fireworks, parades, and barbecues.
Alice in Wonderland Day
Alice in Wonderland Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a day to dive into the imaginative and whimsical world created by Lewis Carroll in 1865, where we honor a story of a young girl's fantastical adventures and the enduring legacy of creativity it has inspired through books, movies, and various adaptations.
National Hillbilly Day
National Hillbilly Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a day to appreciate and learn about the unique traditions and lifestyle of people living in the countryside of the United States, often called hillbillies.
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a quirky holiday where people try to fry an egg on the sidewalk using solar energy, highlighting the power of the sun and promoting solar energy awareness.