Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, October 9, 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 › "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,000,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 413,100,000 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,944,000,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,835,000,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 340,200,000 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 17, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
768
Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks.
1000
Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America.
1446
The Hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
1831
Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion.
1941
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program - beginning of the Manhattan project.
2006
North Korea conducts its first nuclear test, with an estimated yield of between 0.4-2 kilotons.
Famous people with my birthday
1969
Steve McQueen, British filmmaker and artist (12 Years a Slave)
1935
Jules Croiset, Dutch actor (Help, Doctor Verzuipt!)
1936
Brian Blessed, English actor (King Arthur, High Road to China)
1967
Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player and actress (Spring Fever, 2 x WTA titles)
1974
Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor (Shortland Street)
1930
David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey)
1994
Jodelle Ferland, Canadian actress (Silent Hill)
1931
Anthony "Tony" Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair (Till Death Us Do Part)
Holidays on Monday, October 9th
CURIOUS EVENTS DAY
Curious Events Day, celebrated on October 9th, is a fun day for exploring mysteries and asking questions about all the weird and wonderful things in the world that make you go "huh?"
National Moldy Cheese Day
National Moldy Cheese Day, celebrated on October 9th, is a day for cheese enthusiasts to enjoy and appreciate the unique flavors of cheeses like blue cheese, brie, and Camembert, which get their distinct tastes from the molds they are made with.
National Digitool Day
National Digitool Day, celebrated on October 9th, honors the unique achievements of Digitool USA, the only maker of a special flying instrument for hot air balloons that's recognized by aviation authorities in both the U.S. and Europe, and is especially celebrated during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, celebrated on October 9, is a day to recognize the importance of caring for people with serious illnesses, highlighted by events like the Voices for Hospices concert series started by Sheila Hurton in 1989 to support and bring joy to those in need.
International Beer and Pizza Day
International Beer and Pizza Day, celebrated on October 9th, is a fun day where people around the world enjoy the popular combination of pizza, a dish with ancient roots not originally from Italy, and beer.
