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 27,086,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 414,421,920 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,950,220,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,844,072,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 341,288,640 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
1898
Johnny Lee, American actor (Song of the South, The Amos 'n' Andy Show)
1930
Frunzik [Mher Mkrtchyan], Armenian actor (Mimino, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style)
1973
Gackt [Gakuto Oshiro], Japanese rock singer-songwriter and actor
1926
Mary Stuart, American actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow)
1948
Tommy Körberg, Swedish pop singer, musician, and stage actor (Chess)
1978
Becki Newton, American actress
1924
Eva Marie Saint, American actress and producer (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest, People Like Us)
1902
Vince Barnett, American actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle)
Holidays on Tuesday, July 4th
Invisible Day
Invisible Day, celebrated on July 4th in the United States, is about exploring the idea of being unseen, whether it's feeling unnoticed by others or imagining the possibilities of moving through the world invisibly, and reflecting on how we might use that ability.
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 Barbecued Spareribs Day
National Barbecued Spareribs Day, celebrated on July 4th in the U.S., is all about enjoying delicious grilled spare ribs with friends and family as part of the Independence Day festivities, highlighting the joy of summer barbecues.
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.
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.