Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Thursday, October 19, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Monday
🎂 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 › "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 9
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,937,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 412,145,280 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,939,507,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,828,448,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 339,413,760 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 27, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1781
British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
1926
Russian Politburo throws out Leon Trotsky and his followers.
1943
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1987
Black Monday: Dow Jones stock index falls 508.32 points (22%), 4½ times the previous daily record.
2015
US scientists from University of California find evidence life on earth may have begun 4.1 billion years ago, 300 million earlier than previously thought.
Famous people with my birthday
1955
Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
1956
Sunny Deol, Indian actor
1937
Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
1964
Ty Pennington [Gary Tygert Burton], American television host (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)
1945
Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actress, drag queen and international icon of bad taste cinema (Pink Flamingos; Hairspray)
1977
Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker (Juno; Up In The Air)
1957
Ray Richmond, American columnist and media critic (Hollywood Reporter; Deadline Hollywood)
1961
David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC)
Holidays on Thursday, October 19th
Day of Unity
The Day of Unity, celebrated in October, is a special day where everyone comes together to show kindness and support to stop bullying and make schools a friendlier place for everyone.
National Council Hill Day
National Council Hill Day, celebrated on October 19th, is when people talk to government leaders to get better support and funding for mental health and addiction services.
National New Friends Day
National New Friends Day, celebrated on October 19th, is a day dedicated to making new friends and expanding your circle, highlighting how important friendships are for a happy and fulfilling life.
Hagfish Day
Hagfish Day, celebrated every third Wednesday of October, is a cool day to appreciate the weird but important hagfish, even if it's super slimy and not the prettiest fish in the sea.
National Medical Assistants Day
National Medical Assistants Day, celebrated on October 19, is a day to appreciate the hardworking medical assistants who support doctors by doing various tasks like drawing blood, checking vital signs, and helping with office duties.
