Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, July 4, 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 › "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Cancer
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Moon ☽
🐼 Spirit Animal › Woodpecker
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Larkspur
🪨 Birthstone › Ruby
📅 Lucky day › Monday ⬤Power Color › Silver
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,158,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 415,523,520 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,955,404,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,851,632,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 342,195,840 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 12, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1776
US Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence and independence from Britain.
1785
James Hutton, geologist, publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at the meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1803
The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people by President Thomas Jefferson.
1838
Huskar Colliery Mining Disaster in Silkstone England: mining pit floods drown 26 children, leads to 1842'Mines and Collieries Act' bans women and children working underground.
1934
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
2017
North Korea tests first successful intercontinental ballistic missile into Sea of Japan.
Famous people with my birthday
1954
Chang-dong Lee, South Korean filmmaker and novelist (Secret Sunshine, Poetry)
1967
Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1931
Stephen Boyd [William Millar], Irish actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur)
1961
Richard Allen Garriott, English-American computer game designer (Origin)
1933
Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler
1907
Elliott Sullivan, American actor (The Persuaders!, Fury Below, Sergeant)
1973
Gackt [Gakuto Oshiro], Japanese rock singer-songwriter and actor
1959
Victoria Abril [Rojas], Spanish actress (Libertarias)
Holidays on Tuesday, July 4th
National Caesar Salad Day
National Caesar Salad Day, celebrated every July 4th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate the classic Caesar salad, a popular dish featuring croutons, romaine lettuce, parmesan, and a zesty dressing.
Filipino-American Friendship Day
Filipino-American Friendship Day, celebrated every July 4th, marks the strong bond between the Philippines and the United States, highlighting their journey from a rocky start to close allies, especially after America helped the Philippines during WWII.
Independence Day
Independence Day, celebrated on July 4th, is when Americans celebrate the country's birthday, marking the day the United States declared independence from Britain in 1776, with fireworks, parades, and barbecues.
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
Sidewalk Egg Frying Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a quirky holiday where people try to fry an egg on the sidewalk using solar energy, highlighting the power of the sun and promoting solar energy awareness.
Alice in Wonderland Day
Alice in Wonderland Day, celebrated on July 4th, is a day to dive into the imaginative and whimsical world created by Lewis Carroll in 1865, where we honor a story of a young girl's fantastical adventures and the enduring legacy of creativity it has inspired through books, movies, and various adaptations.