Date:August 18, 1978

August 18, 1978

August 8, 1978 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Friday, August 18, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:
11
months
5
days
11
hours
32
minutes
58
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 346,570,560 breaths and experienced over 1,980,403,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 420,835,680 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 47 years, and 24 days


πŸ“… You were born on a Friday


πŸŒ• The moon was in Full phase on this day


βŒ› Born into β†’ Generation X


🐎 Born in β†’ The Year of the Horse


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?πŸ’€ Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 5,730 days of your life or 15.7 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Grease


🎢 #1 song on your birthday: "Three Times A Lady" by The Commodores (source: Billboard Hot 100)


β™Œ August 18 zodiac sign is Leo ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.


πŸ”’ Your life path number is 6 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.


πŸͺ Your ruling planet is Sun β˜‰


πŸͺ¨ Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be β€œinherited” by the person born in that particular month.


🌷 The birth flower for August is Gladiolus ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be β€œinherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.


πŸ“… Your lucky day β†’ Sunday


πŸ¦… Your spirit animal β†’ Salmon


⭐ Celebrities born on August 18th

1987
Mika Boorem, American actress (Hearts in Atlantis)

1961
John Viscardi, American actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live)

1957
Carole Bouquest, French actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

1966
Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward)

1935
Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix - "Peggy")

1970
Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist

1983
Mika [Michael Holbrook Penniman] British-American pop singer (Grace Kelly; Dodgy Holiday), an Italian television personality

1968
Greta Lind, American actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children)


πŸ“œ Historical events on this date

1737
First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.

1838
United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.

1914
US President Woodrow Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality".

1919
Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois.

1920
22 year old representative Harry T. Burn is deciding vote in Tennessee's and thus America's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution allowing women's suffrage after letter from his mother.

1940
Battle of Britain -'The hardest day" Luftwaffe lose 69 aircraft, the RAF 68 in largest ever air battle.


πŸŽ„ Holidays on August 18

National Men's Grooming Day
National Men's Grooming Day, celebrated every third Friday of August, encourages men to take extra care of their personal hygiene and grooming habits, reminding them that it's important to use the right products for their skin and hair, not just whatever's handy.

National Bad Poetry Day
National Bad Poetry Day, celebrated every August 18th, encourages everyone to have fun creating and sharing their own awkward and imperfect poems, reminding us that not all poetry has to be serious or perfect to be enjoyed.

National Ice Cream Pie Day
National Ice Cream Pie Day, celebrated on August 18th, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of ice cream pies, combining creamy ice cream with various crusts and flavors to create an over-the-top dessert.


πŸ† Sports in 1978

πŸ’ NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1978 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XII on January 15, 1978 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB
New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1978 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1978 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Bjorn Borg (6-4, 6-2, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Pam Shriver (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 18, 1978 can be written as VIII-XVIII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


πŸ”¦ Facts Summary for August 18, 1978
β†’ Day Index: 230th day of 1978
β†’ Day of week: Friday
β†’ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1978
β†’ Next same calendar year: 2034
β†’ Days until next birthday: 340 days
β†’ Age on next birthday: 48 years old
β†’ Days since birth: 17191 days
β†’ You are: 24,756,386 minutes old
β†’ Days spent sleeping: 5,730 days
β†’ Months spent sleeping: 188 months
β†’ Years spent sleeping: 15.7 years
β†’ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
β†’ Full moons since birth: 583 πŸŒ•
β†’ Life path number: 6
β†’ Zodiac sign: Leo β™Œ
β†’ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
β†’ Birth flower: Gladiolus
β†’ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
β†’ Spirit Animal: Salmon
β†’ Power Color: Orange
β†’ President of United States:
β†’ World population 1978: 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org

The 1978 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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