Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, December 20, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Sunday How many days until my birthday ›
275 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
2 months
28 days
21 hours
19 minutes
Number one movie › Grease Number one video game › Space Invaders Number one song › "Le Freak" by Chic
Chinese Zodiac › Horse Sun Sign › Sagittarius Zodiac Element › Fire Zodiac Quality › Mutable Ruling Planet › Jupiter ♃ Spirit Animal › Owl
Life Path Number › 3 Birth flower › Narcissus Birthstone › Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz Lucky day › Thursday ⬤Power Color › Purple
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,025,600,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,491,680 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,945,843,200 times. You have taken about 2,837,688,000 steps. You have taken approximately 340,522,560 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on August 28, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1522
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1606
Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia.
1803
French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA for $27M.
1812
Grimm's Fairy Tales or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published.
1917
Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin.
1960
The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam.
Famous people with my birthday
1924
Errol John, Trinidadian actor and playwright (A Man from the Sun, The Nun's Story, Assault on a Queen)
1905
Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician
1932
John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles)
1943
Angel Tompkins, American actress (Gloria-Search)
1906
Lowell Gilmore, American actor (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Living Christ Series)
1917
Audrey Totter, American actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up, The Unsuspected)
1955
Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor (Avonden, Leedvermaak)
1968
Joe Cornish, British comedian
Holidays on Wednesday, December 20th
Cathode-Ray Tube Day
Cathode-Ray Tube Day, celebrated on December 20th, is a day to appreciate the old-school technology behind our early TVs and computer monitors that used electron beams to create the images we see.
Mudd Day
Mudd Day on December 20 celebrates the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who got in trouble for treating John Wilkes Booth's injury after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
National Sangria Day
National Sangria Day, celebrated on December 20th, is a holiday dedicated to enjoying and appreciating sangria, a popular fruity and wine-based beverage originating from Spain.
Sacagawea Day
Sacagawea Day, celebrated on December 20th, honors the young Native American woman who played a crucial role as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition, symbolizing women's contributions and bravery.
Dot Your I's Day
Dot Your I's Day, celebrated on December 20, is a day to pay extra attention to details and aim for perfection in everything you do, from handwriting to household chores.