Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Friday, October 6, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Tuesday How many days until my birthday ›
185 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
5 months
26 days
23 hours
33 minutes
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 › 5 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 27,169,600,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 415,694,880 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,956,211,200 times. You have taken about 2,852,808,000 steps. You have taken approximately 342,336,960 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 14, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1917
Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides.
1939
Adolf Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem.
1948
The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 100,000 in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
1948
Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya.
1951
Joseph Stalin proclaims the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb.
1956
Dr Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine.
Famous people with my birthday
1908
Carole Lombard [Jane Alice Peters], American actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only)
1976
Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
1982
Michael Arden, American actor, singer and theater director (Parade)
1998
Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
1939
Melvyn Bragg, British broadcaster (The South Bank Show, 1978–2010)
1893
Earle Hodgins, American film and television fast-talking character actor (Guestward Ho!)
1966
Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
2011
Ryan Kaji, American Youtuber (Ryan's World)
Holidays on Friday, October 6th
Inbox Zero Day
Inbox Zero Day is a day when people learn how to organize their email better so they don't get stressed out by having too many unread messages.
National Coaches Day
National Coaches Day, celebrated on October 6th, is a special day to appreciate and thank all the coaches who teach, motivate, and inspire us in sports and life.
National Plus Size Appreciation Day
National Plus Size Appreciation Day, celebrated on October 6, is a day to celebrate and appreciate the beauty and diversity of plus-size bodies, reminding everyone that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
National Depression Screening Day
National Depression Screening Day, observed every October 6th, is a day dedicated to helping identify depression and anxiety to support and guide millions of people towards understanding and managing their mental health.
National Energy Geek Day
National Energy Geek Day, celebrated on October 6, honors the smart people who make sure our homes are built to save energy and help the planet, even though we often don't see their work.