Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, December 4, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Friday How many days until my birthday ›
259 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
3 months
13 days
18 hours
33 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 › 5 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 27,051,200,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 413,883,360 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,947,686,400 times. You have taken about 2,840,376,000 steps. You have taken approximately 340,845,120 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on August 12, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1534
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad.
1563
Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years.
1619
38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1791
Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published.
1829
Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre).
1918
US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France.
Famous people with my birthday
1951
Patricia Wettig, American actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
1954
Tony Todd, American actor and producer (Platoon)
1965
Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director (As Luck Would Have It)
1966
Fereydun "Fred" Armisen, American comedian (Saturday Night Live), actor, writer (Portlandia), and musician (8G Band)
Humberto Solás, Cuban film director and writer (Lucia)
1983
Jimmy Bartel, Australian Rules Football utility and broadcaster (Brownlow Medal 2007; Norm Smith Medal 2011 AFL Premiership 2007, 09, 11, Geelong FC)
1984
Brooke Adams, American model and professional wrestler
Holidays on Monday, December 4th
National Dice Day
National Dice Day, celebrated on December 4th, is all about having fun with dice, those small cubes we use in games like Monopoly and Dungeons & Dragons, which have been around for almost 5,000 years!
National Sock Day
National Sock Day, celebrated on December 4, is a fun day to appreciate all your socks, especially the pairs that have stayed together, and remember the ones that disappeared in the laundry.
SKYWARN™ Recognition Day
SKYWARN™ Recognition Day is a day to celebrate amateur radio operators who help keep us safe by reporting severe weather like tornadoes and storms to the National Weather Service.
Cabernet Franc Day
Cabernet Franc Day, celebrated on December 4th, is a special day dedicated to appreciating a type of wine that's often overlooked, even though it's actually a parent of the more famous Cabernet Sauvignon.
Santa's List Day
Santa's List Day, observed on December 4th, is when Santa checks who's been naughty or nice this year to decide who gets presents or coal on Christmas.