Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, November 5, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 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 › "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Scorpio
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Pluto ♇
🐼 Spirit Animal › Snake
🔢 Life Path Number › 5
🌼 Birth flower › Chrysanthemum
🪨 Birthstone › Topaz and Citrine
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Black
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,915,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 411,802,560 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,937,894,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,826,096,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 339,131,520 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on July 14, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1492
Christopher Columbus 1st learns about growing and harvesting maize (corn) from Cuba's indigenous population.
1556
Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu.
1605
Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
1937
Adolf Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war.
1956
Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis.
1979
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan".
Famous people with my birthday
1968
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress (A Walk in the Clouds)
1933
Herb Edelman, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5)
1971
Corin Nemec, American actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis)
1937
Harris Yulin, American actor (Scarface)
1963
Andrea McArdle, American actress (Annie)
1940
Elke Sommer [Elke Schletz], German actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar)
1949
Armin Shimerman, American actor (Principal Snyder-Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
1973
Daniella Westbrook, English actress (Sam Mitchell-EastEnders)
Holidays on Sunday, November 5th
American Football Day
American Football Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate America's favorite sport, reminding us to catch up on the season and check our fantasy football teams.
National Redhead Day
National Redhead Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a special day for people with red hair to feel proud and embrace their unique and rare hair color.
National Bison Day
National Bison Day, celebrated on the first Saturday of November, is a day for Americans to appreciate the bison's importance in our environment and culture, recognizing its significance as a symbol and resource in Native American communities.
National Chinese Take Out Day
National Chinese Take-Out Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a fun day when people enjoy and explore the wide variety of Chinese dishes, from stir-fries to sweets, whether they're longtime fans or trying it for the first time.
