31 March 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Friday, March 31, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 344,090,880 breaths and experienced over 1,966,233,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 417,824,640 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 8 months, and 22 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: 5,689 days of your life or 15.59 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♈ March 31 zodiac sign is Aries ?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 5 ?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 Mars ♂

🪨 Your birthstone is Aquamarine ?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 March is Daffodil ?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 → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Hawk

⭐ Celebrities born on March 31st

1938

Arthur B. Rubinstein, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Lost In America; Blue Thunder)

1958

Tony Cox, American actor

1969

Samantha Brown, American television host

1957

Marc McClure, San Mateo California, actor (Ross-California Fever)

1950

Ed Marinaro, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Ofc Joe Coffey"; Laverne & Shirley, 1980-81 - "Sonny"), and NFL running back, 1972-77 (Minnesota Vikings and 2 other teams)

1946

Gabe Kaplan, American comedian and actor (Welcome Back Kotter)

1980

Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor, film dubber, and singer (You Can't Catch Me)

1975

Adam Green, American film director

📜 Historical events on this date

1146

Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vezelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade.

1492

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Aragon issue the Alhambra Decree which expels Jews from their Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.

1657

English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines.

1920

British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law.

🎄 Holidays on March 31

National Tater Day

National Tater Day, celebrated on March 31, is all about showing love for potatoes in all their forms, from fries to mashed, highlighting their versatility in meals and their historical role in overcoming food shortages.

International Hug a Medievalist Day

International Hug a Medievalist Day, celebrated on March 31, is a fun day to show appreciation for those fascinated by Europe's Middle Ages, from its art to its philosophy, initiated by a medieval literature student to highlight and celebrate their unique interests.

Anesthesia Tech Day

Anesthesia Tech Day, celebrated every year on March 31, is a special day to appreciate the crucial role anesthesia technicians play in making surgeries safer and more comfortable, by helping with anesthesia and celebrating advances in medical science.

🏆 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.

March 31, 1978 can be written as III-XXXI-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for March 31, 1978
→ Day Index: 90th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 5th Friday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,578,008 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,689 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: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Aries ♈
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mars
→ Birth flower: Daffodil
→ Birthstone: Aquamarine
→ Spirit Animal: Hawk
→ Power Color: Red
→ 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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