Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, May 18, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Monday How many days until my birthday ›
48 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
10 months
12 days
16 hours
58 minutes
Number one movie › Grease Number one video game › Space Invaders Number one song › "With A Little Luck" by Paul McCartney
Chinese Zodiac › Horse Sun Sign › Taurus Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Fixed Ruling Planet › Venus Spirit Animal › Beaver
Life Path Number › 3 Birth flower › Lily of the valley Birthstone › Emerald Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Green
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,388,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 419,048,640 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,971,993,600 times. You have taken about 2,875,824,000 steps. You have taken about 345,098,880 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 24, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1291
Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil and his forces take the last Christian stronghold of Acre.
1291
After 100 years of crusader control, Acre is the last crusader stronghold reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil.
1804
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1896
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
1974
India becomes the sixth nation to explode an atomic bomb.
2009
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Famous people with my birthday
1954
Barry E. Jackson, American film production designer, animator, illustrator, graphic artist, and children's book author
1926
Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke; Mig og mafiaen)
1941
Diane McBain, American actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)
1962
Mike Darnell, American television executive 'the King of Reality TV' (Fox, Warner Bros)
1947
Candice Azzara, American actress (Fatso)
1988
Ryan Cooley, Canadian television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
1934
Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive
1950
Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and TV host (Telespiele)
Holidays on Thursday, May 18th
Mother Whistler Day
Mother Whistler Day, celebrated on May 18th, is a quirky holiday that honors the art of whistling for its simple joy and its role in culture, rather than the mother of artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, inspiring us to appreciate the little things in life.
National Aperitif Day
National Aperitif Day is a day when people celebrate by having special drinks before their meals to help increase their appetite.
National No Dirty Dishes Day
National No Dirty Dishes Day, celebrated on May 18, is a fun holiday encouraging everyone to avoid leaving any dishes dirty for a day, making it a break for people and sinks alike from the chore of dishwashing.
National Visit Your Relatives Day
National Visit Your Relatives Day, celebrated on May 18th, is all about taking a break from our busy lives to hang out or catch up with family members we haven't seen in a while.
National Cheese Soufflé Day
National Cheese Soufflé Day, celebrated on May 18, is all about enjoying and making the fluffy French dish, cheese soufflé, with friends and family, honoring a tradition that dates back to a famous cookbook from the 1700s.
Born into › Generation X
Next birthday will be on › Monday
How many days until my birthday ›
48 days
Number one movie › Grease
Number one video game › Space Invaders
Number one song › "With A Little Luck" by Paul McCartney
Chinese Zodiac › Horse
Sun Sign › Taurus
Zodiac Element › Earth
Zodiac Quality › Fixed
Ruling Planet › Venus 
Spirit Animal › Beaver 
Life Path Number › 3
Birth flower › Lily of the valley
Birthstone › Emerald
Lucky day › Friday
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › 
You’ve traveled over 27,388,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 24, 2010.