Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Saturday, July 8, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Wednesday
🎂 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 › 4
🌼 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 27,080,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 414,324,000 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,949,760,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,843,400,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 341,208,000 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on March 16, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1099
First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1497
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea.
1777
Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery.
1800
Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.
1853
Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade.
1948
500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow.
Famous people with my birthday
1967
Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1918
Craig Stevens [Gail Shikles Jr.], American actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
1981
Lance Gross, American actor (The Paynes)
1982
Joshua Alba, American actor, brother of Jessica Alba
1960
Valerie Pettiford, American actress (One Life to Live, Half & Half)
1971
Wendy Benson, American actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1977
Milo Ventimiglia, American actor (Gilmore Girls, This is Us)
1965
Corey Parker, American actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
Holidays on Saturday, July 8th
National SCUD Day
National SCUD Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about taking a break from life's drama to relax and focus on the positive stuff.
Math 2.0 Day
Math 2.0 Day, celebrated on July 8, is all about how math and technology team up to create cool stuff and make our lives easier, from video games to smartphones.
Oneofusismissing Day
Oneofusismissing Day, celebrated on July 8, is a special day to remember and honor people we've lost, reminding us to cherish life and come together, regardless of our differences, through activities like sharing stories and watching family videos.
National Freezer Pop Day
National Freezer Pop Day, celebrated on July 8th, is a fun holiday where we remember and enjoy eating those delicious, icy popsicles that cool us down and bring back sweet summer memories.
National Video Game Day
National Video Game Day on July 8 is a holiday where everyone is encouraged to play and enjoy their favorite video games, celebrating the huge variety and community of gaming that has grown since the first simple video game was created.
