23 August 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Wednesday, August 23, 1978 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

1
day

3
hours

51
minutes

47
seconds

You’ve taken nearly 344,211,840 breaths and experienced over 1,966,924,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 417,971,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

You have been alive for: 46 years, 8 months, and 30 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: 5,691 days of your life or 15.59 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

1930

Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets)

1970

Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian

1954

Charles Busch, American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), in Hartsdale, New York

1964

Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey center (Hartford Whalers, New York Islanders) and broadcaster (TSN Radio, TSN, NBCSN)

1922

Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang)

1944

Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors

1973

Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model

1974

Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor

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 Cuban Sandwich Day

National Cuban Sandwich Day, celebrated on August 23, is a fun day when people enjoy and appreciate the deliciousness of a Cuban sandwich, a special treat made with ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and sometimes salami on Cuban bread.

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: 92 days
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth: 17074 days
→ You are: 24,587,408 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,691 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 187 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.59 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 579
→ 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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