Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Friday, September 1, 1978:
Born into › Generation X Next birthday will be on › Tuesday How many days until my birthday ›
167 days
Countdown time to your next birthday:
6 months
14 days
12 hours
54 minutes
Number one movie › Grease Number one video game › Space Invaders Number one song › "Grease" by Frankie Valli
Chinese Zodiac › Horse Sun Sign › Virgo Zodiac Element › Earth Zodiac Quality › Mutable Ruling Planet › Mercury ☿ Spirit Animal › Bear
Life Path Number › 8 Birth flower › Aster/Myosotis Birthstone › Sapphire Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Brown
Gas price per gallon › $0.63
President of United States › World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
You’ve traveled over 27,198,400,000 miles through the Milky Way. You have blinked over 416,135,520 times in your lifetime Your heart beat over 1,958,284,800 times. You have taken about 2,855,832,000 steps. You have taken approximately 342,699,840 breaths since your birth.
Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on May 10, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1715
King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
1939
World War II starts when Germany invades Poland by attacking the Free City of Danzig.
1941
Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow star of David.
1945
V-J Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II (US date, 2nd September in Japan).
1951
US, Australia and New Zealand sign the ANZUS mutual defense treaty.
1969
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution.
Famous people with my birthday
1943
Don Stroud, American actor (Coogan's Bluff; The Buddy Holly Story)
1961
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American WWF wrestler (Wrestlemania XI)
1951
David Bairstow, English cricket wicket keeper, broadcaster (4 Tests, 13 dismissals; father of England Test 'keeper Jonny; Yorkshire CCC)
1989
Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
1966
Katja Bienert, actress (Praxis Bulowbogen)
1985
Eli-Mac [Camile Velasco], Filipino-American pop singer (American Idol)
1958
Armi Aavikko, Finnish beauty queen (Miss Finland, 1977), and pop singer
1962
Tony Cascarino, Irish soccer striker, broadcaster (88 caps Rep of Ireland; Millwall, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Marseille, Nancy)
Holidays on Friday, September 1st
College Colors Day
College Colors Day is a fun day where people across the U.S. wear their favorite college's colors or gear to show off their school spirit and pride, happening this year on September 1, right before Labor Day weekend.
Bring Your Manners To Work Day
"Bring Your Manners To Work Day is a day where everyone focuses on being extra polite and professional at work, like keeping your workspace tidy and being respectful in how you talk and act, just like you would with your family at home."
National Chianti Day
National Chianti Day, celebrated on the first Friday of September, is a day to honor the iconic Chianti Classico wines from Italy's Tuscany region, thanks to the efforts of Santa Margherita U.S.A.
Chicken Boy Day
Chicken Boy Day celebrates a quirky 22-foot tall statue of a man with a chicken head, originally made for a restaurant, that has become a famous landmark in Los Angeles.
Liptember
Liptember is a month-long campaign in September where people wear bright lipstick to raise awareness and money for women's mental health.