Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, October 22, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Thursday How many days until my birthday ›
218 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
4 months
25 days
2 hours
6 minutes
Number one movie › Grease Number one video game › Space Invaders Number one song › "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder
Chinese Zodiac › Horse Sun Sign › Libra Zodiac Element › Air Zodiac Quality › Cardinal Ruling Planet › Venus Spirit Animal › Raven
Life Path Number › 3 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 27,116,800,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 414,887,040 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,952,409,600 times. You have taken about 2,847,264,000 steps. You have taken approximately 341,671,680 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 30, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1633
Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea.
1721
Tsar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator".
1879
Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1884
International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian.
1907
Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to US wide run on banks.
1962
Cuban missile crisis: US President John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba and imposes a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the missile crisis.
Famous people with my birthday
1959
Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray)
1913
Patricia "Boots" Mallory, American dancer and actress (Handle With Care)
1976
Helen Svedin, Swedish model
1903
Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges)
1912
Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray)
1990
Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
1969
Spike Jonze [Adam Spiegel], American director and film producer (Her, Three Kings, Where the Wild Things Are)
1971
Jennifer Lee (née Rebecchi), American BAFTA and Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director (Frozen; Frozen II)
Holidays on Sunday, October 22nd
National Make a Dog's Day
National Make a Dog's Day on October 22 is a special day to spoil dogs, show them how much we love them, and encourage people to adopt dogs from shelters to give them a happy life.
Smart is Cool Day
Smart is Cool Day, celebrated on October 22, is all about recognizing that being intelligent is awesome and something to be proud of, showing that smart people are not just nerdy side characters but interesting and cool individuals with their own unique stories.
National Scar Appreciation Day
National Scar Appreciation Day, celebrated on October 22, is about honoring our scars as symbols of survival and healing, recognizing the tough experiences we've overcome.
National Nut Day
National Nut Day, celebrated on October 22nd, is a fun day created to inspire everyone to choose nuts as a healthy snack option instead of junk food.
National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day
National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day, celebrated on October 22, is a day to remember Kristopher Roebuck, who was tragically killed by gun violence, and to raise awareness about the need to stop gun violence for a peaceful future.
Born into › Generation X
Next birthday will be on › Thursday
How many days until my birthday ›
218 days
Number one movie › Grease
Number one video game › Space Invaders
Number one song › "Hot Child In The City" by Nick Gilder
Chinese Zodiac › Horse
Sun Sign › Libra
Zodiac Element › Air
Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
Ruling Planet › Venus 
Spirit Animal › Raven 
Life Path Number › 3
Birth flower › Marigold
Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
Lucky day › Friday
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › 
World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,116,800,000 miles through the Milky Way.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 30, 2010.