23 August 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, August 23, 1978 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

10
days

18
hours

9
minutes

46
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 344,010,240 breaths and experienced over 1,965,772,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 417,726,720 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 46 years, 8 months, and 20 days

You were born on a Wednesday

The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

Born into → Generation X

Born in → The Year of the Horse

You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ? Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 5,688 days of your life or 15.58 years.

#1 movie was: Grease

#1 song on your birthday: "Grease" by Frankie Valli (source: Billboard Hot 100)

August 23 zodiac sign is Virgo ?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.

Your life path number is 11 ?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.

Your ruling planet is Mercury ☿

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 “inherited” 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 “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

Your lucky day → Wednesday

Your spirit animal → Bear

Celebrities born on August 23rd

1924

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director

1987

Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer

1935

Roy Strong, English writer, art historian and director (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1951

Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers), musician, songwriter, and record producer (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne)

1960

Chris Potter, Canadian actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues)

1963

Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker (Joint Security Area, Thirst)

1976

Scott Caan, American actor

1944

Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors

Historical events on this date

1542

Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code.

1850

1st US National Women's Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1942

Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die).

1996

Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places".

2005

Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane.

Holidays on August 23

National Sponge Cake Day

National Sponge Cake Day, celebrated on August 23rd, is a fun holiday to bake and enjoy sponge cake, a light and fluffy dessert invented for a Spanish nobleman by an Italian chef in the 1500s.

Find Your Inner Nerd Day

Find Your Inner Nerd Day is a fun day created by a cool nerd named Beth Z, where you get to dive into what you love most, like video games or books, and let your inner geek shine without worrying about what others think.

National Ride The Wind Day

National Ride The Wind Day, celebrated on August 23, commemorates the first successful human-powered flight, encouraging us to explore and appreciate the thrill and innovation of flying using our own power.

Sports in 1978

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 23, 1978 can be written as VIII-XXIII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for August 23, 1978
→ Day Index: 235th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday: 102 days
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth: 17064 days
→ You are: 24,573,590 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,688 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 187 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.58 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 578
→ Life path number: 11
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Bear
→ Power Color: Brown
→ President of United States:
→ 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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