Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, October 8, 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 › "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 › 7
🌼 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 26,955,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 412,414,560 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,940,774,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,830,296,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 339,635,520 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 16, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1480
Great standing on the Ugra river, standoff between forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and Ivan III Grand Prince of all Rus, Tataro-Mongols retreat, leds to disintegration of the Horde.
1856
The Second Opium War or second Anglo-Chinese War: begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1862
Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire.
1915
Battle of Loos on WWI Western Front ends, German forces contain British attack (85,000 casualties).
1917
Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control.
2001
U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
Famous people with my birthday
1946
Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director (Betty Blue, Diva)
1952
Edward Zwick, American film director (The Last Samurai; Legends of the Fall), and producer (Shakespeare in Love; Traffic)
1974
DJ Q-Ball [Harry Dean, Jr.], American musician and actor (Bloodhound Gang)
1938
David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service)
1954
Michael Dudikoff, American actor (American Ninja, TRON)
1955
Darrell Hammond, American comedian (SNL)
1956
Danny Jacob, American session and touring guitarist (Bette Midler), and cartoon music composer (Phineas and Ferb)
1959
Nick Bakay, American actor and voice actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch-Salem Saberhagen)
Holidays on Sunday, October 8th
American Touch Tag Day
American Touch Tag Day, celebrated on October 8th, is a fun day dedicated to playing the classic game of tag, encouraging everyone, kids and adults alike, to enjoy some outdoor activity and connect through this timeless game.
National Chess Day
National Chess Day, celebrated every second Saturday in October, is a day to appreciate the ancient game of chess, which challenges the mind and has been enjoyed by people around the world for centuries.
National Heroes' Day
National Heroes' Day is a day when we celebrate and honor people who do extraordinary things, making the world a better place, from soldiers to everyday heroes who make a difference in our lives and communities.
National Pierogi Day
National Pierogi Day, celebrated on October 8, honors the delicious, stuffed dumplings popular in Polish and Ukrainian cuisine, showcasing a variety of fillings like potato, cheese, and cabbage, served with toppings like sour cream and bacon.
National Harbormaster Appreciation Day
National Harbormaster Appreciation Day, celebrated on October 8th, is a day to thank and recognize harbormasters for their hard work in keeping our harbors safe, efficient, and ethical.
