28 July 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Friday, July 28, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 341,671,680 breaths and experienced over 1,952,409,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 414,887,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 4 months, and 24 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter 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: 5,649 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 28 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 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.

🪐 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 28th

1963

Patrizia Pellegrino, Italian actress and TV personality (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980)

1951

Doug Collins, American basketball shooting guard, coach (Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia) and broadcaster

1983

Kate Bolduan, American journalist and news anchor (CNN)

1960

Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director

1990

Shana Swash, English actress (EastEnders)

1947

Sally Struthers, American actress (All in the Family - "Gloria")

1948

Georgia Engel, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 1972-77 - "Georgette"; Hot In Cleveland, 2011-15 -"Mamie-Sue")

1964

Lori Loughlin, American actress (Full House, Summerland)

📜 Historical events on this date

1794

French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris.

1914

Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI.

1917

Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-Americans who march on 5th Ave in NYC to protest against lynching.

1943

Operation Gomorrah: RAF bombing over Hamburg causes a firestorm that kills 42,600 German civilians.

1976

Tangshan Earthquake, 8.2 in magnitude kills over 240,000 Northern China in the largest loss of life from an earthquake in the 20th century.

2005

The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.

🎄 Holidays on July 28

National Talk in an Elevator Day

National Talk in an Elevator Day, on July 30th, encourages people to strike up conversations with others in elevators to make new friends and boost confidence, celebrating a tradition of elevators that dates back to 200 B.C.

NATIONAL WATERPARK DAY

National Waterpark Day, celebrated on July 28, is a fun holiday where families and friends beat the summer heat by enjoying various rides and attractions at waterparks across the United States.

System Administrator Appreciation Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day, celebrated on July 28, is a special day to thank and celebrate the tech wizards who keep our computer systems running smoothly, ensuring we can work, play, and connect online without a hitch.

🏆 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 28, 1978 can be written as VII-XXVIII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for July 28, 1978
→ Day Index: 209th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 4th Friday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,405,764 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,649 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 185 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.48 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 575 🌗
→ Life path number: 6
→ 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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