Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, February 28, 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 › "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" by Andy Gibb
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Pisces
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Mutable
🪐 Ruling Planet › Neptune ♆
🐼 Spirit Animal › Wolf
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Violet
🪨 Birthstone › Amethyst
📅 Lucky day › Thursday ⬤Power Color › Light Green
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,358,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 418,583,520 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,969,804,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,872,632,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 344,715,840 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on November 6, 2009.
What happened on my birthday
1710
In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
1854
Republican Party formally organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
1915
WWI: After the French try to drive the Germans forces back into the Champagne region, they gain a few hundred yards - at the cost of 50,000 casualties.
1947
February 28 Incident: Anti-government uprising in Taiwan is violently put down by Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang-led Republic of China government with the loss of 18,000-28,000 lives. Marks the beginning of the White Terror.
1953
Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure of DNA-molecule (double-helix polymer).
1991
Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait.
Famous people with my birthday
1969
Robert Sean Leonard, NJ, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge)
1952
Cristina Raines [Tina Herazo], actress (Sentinel)
1982
Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1971
Junya Nakano, Japanese video game composer (Threads Of Fate; Final Fantasy X)
1972
Rory Cochrane, American actor
1944
Colin Nutley, director/writer (Such is Life, Black Jack)
1988
Markéta Irglová, Czech Academy Award-winning songwriter ("Falling Slowly"), singer, and actress (Once)
1943
Charles Bernstein, American composer of film and television scores
Holidays on Tuesday, February 28th
National Essay Day
National Essay Day, celebrated on February 28th to honor the birthday of essay pioneer Michel de Montaigne, encourages kids like you to unleash your creativity by writing essays on any topic that sparks your interest, free from the usual school rules.
US Snow Shoe Day
U.S. Snowshoe Day, celebrated on February 28, is a fun holiday where people celebrate and race with snowshoes, special gear that makes walking on snow easier and more fun.
National Vegan Lipstick Day
National Vegan Lipstick Day, celebrated on February 28th, is all about appreciating cruelty-free lipsticks that don't harm animals or use animal ingredients, a choice reflecting the ancient tradition of makeup but with a modern, ethical twist.
Car Keys and Small Change Day
Car Keys and Small Change Day, celebrated on February 28th, isn't about celebrating car keys and coins but is actually a fun holiday honoring the pockets in our clothes, a useful feature that's been around since 3300 B.C.
World Spay Day
World Spay Day, celebrated on February 28th, is about promoting the spaying and neutering of pets to prevent overpopulation and reduce the number of animals that suffer without homes or are euthanized in shelters.
