Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, April 26, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Sunday How many days until my birthday ›
40 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
10 months
20 days
8 hours
2 minutes
Number one movie › Grease Number one video game › Space Invaders Number one song › "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
Chinese Zodiac › Horse Sun Sign › Taurus Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Fixed Ruling Planet › Venus Spirit Animal › Beaver
Life Path Number › 1 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy Birthstone › Diamond Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Green
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,401,600,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 419,244,480 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,972,915,200 times. You have taken about 2,877,168,000 steps. You have taken about 345,260,160 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 2, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1478
Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici and kill Giuliano de'Medici in Florence.
1920
Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold "great debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
1945
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason.
1956
First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
1986
World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe.
2005
Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
Famous people with my birthday
1940
Giorgio Moroder, Italian record producer, and film score composer (Cat People; Top Gun)
1958
Giancarlo Esposito, American actor (Bob Roberts, School Daze, King of NY)
1918
Stafford Repp, American actor (Playhouse 90, Batman, Plunder Road)
1942
Bobby Rydell [Ridarelli], American pop singer ("Wild One"; "Wildwood Days"), and actor (Bye Bye Birdie)
1948
Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
1965
Kevin James, American actor and comedian (The King of Queens)
1962
Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian (Mad TV)
1967
Kane [Glenn Jacobs], American professional wrestler
Holidays on Wednesday, April 26th
Denim Day
Denim Day is when people wear jeans on the last Wednesday of April to support survivors of sexual assault and protest against the idea that a person's clothes can justify such violence.
National Kids and Pets Day
National Kids and Pets Day, celebrated on April 26, is a special day to celebrate the friendship between kids and their pets, while also teaching how to pick the right pet and keep both pets and kids safe.
Richter Scale Day
Richter Scale Day, celebrated every April 26th, honors the birthday of Charles Richter, who created the first scale to measure the strength of earthquakes, helping us understand and prepare for them better.
National Garage Day
National Garage Day, celebrated on April 26th, is a fun day to clean out your garage, rediscover old hobbies and projects, and transform it into a cool space for creativity and fun stuff.
Audubon Day
Audubon Day, celebrated on April 26, honors the birthday of John James Audubon, a famous bird artist and conservationist, and supports the efforts of the National Audubon Society in protecting birds and their habitats.
Born into › Generation X
Next birthday will be on › Sunday
How many days until my birthday ›
40 days
Number one movie › Grease
Number one video game › Space Invaders
Number one song › "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
Chinese Zodiac › Horse
Sun Sign › Taurus
Zodiac Element › Earth
Zodiac Quality › Fixed
Ruling Planet › Venus 
Spirit Animal › Beaver 
Life Path Number › 1
Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
Birthstone › Diamond
Lucky day › Friday
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › 
You’ve traveled over 27,401,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 2, 2010.