26 July 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Wednesday, July 26, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 341,812,800 breaths and experienced over 1,953,216,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 415,058,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, and 5 months

📅 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: 5,652 days of your life or 15.48 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ July 26 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.

🔢 Your life path number is 4 ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 Your birthstone is Ruby ?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 July is Larkspur ?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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on July 26th

1987

Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

1952

Jan Randall, American-Canadian film, stage and broadcast composer (The Irrelevant Show; Poetry In Motion)

1981

Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director (Down Under)

1950

Susan George, English actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)

1957

Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer

1936

Kathryn Hays, American actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)

1964

Danny Woodburn, American actor and comedian

1983

Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler

📜 Historical events on this date

657

Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River.

1519

Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America.

1803

The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.

1908

United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

1945

Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII.

1953

Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba.

🎄 Holidays on July 26

Tisha B'Av

Tisha B'Av is a solemn Jewish holiday that remembers the destruction of two important temples and other tragedies, making it a day of mourning and fasting.

National All or Nothing Day

National All or Nothing Day, celebrated on July 26th, encourages you to go big or go home, pushing you to take risks and fully commit to your dreams, whether it's acing a test, trying a new sport, or making a new friend, for one whole day.

National Disability Independence Day

National Disability Independence Day, celebrated every July 26th, commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, which made discrimination against people with disabilities illegal and ensured they could fully participate in society, work, and live independently.

🏆 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.

July 26, 1978 can be written as VII-XXVI-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 26, 1978
→ Day Index: 207th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,416,270 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,652 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 186 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.48 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 575 🌖
→ Life path number: 4
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Larkspur
→ Birthstone: Ruby
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ 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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