20 May 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Saturday, May 20, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 343,062,720 breaths and experienced over 1,960,358,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 416,576,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 7 months, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing 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: 5,672 days of your life or 15.54 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "With A Little Luck" by Paul McCartney (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♉ May 20 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on May 20th

1973

Elsa [Lunghini], French singer ("T'en va pas" - "Don't Go Away") and actress

1956

Dean Butler, American actor

1923

Edith Fellows, American actress (Pennies From Heaven, She Married Her Boss)

1977

Angela Goethals, American actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)

1933

Constance Towers, American actress (Capitol, Shock Corridor, Naked Kiss)

1941

John Strasberg, American actor

1920

Elizabeth "Betty" Driver, British singer and actress (Coronation Street, Pardon the Expression)

1988

Madeleine Humphries, Filipina-American actress and TV presenter

📜 Historical events on this date

1498

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609

Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862

US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864

Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927

At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927

Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990

Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.

🎄 Holidays on May 20

National Women In Aerospace Day

National Women in Aerospace Day, celebrated on May 20th, honors the achievements of women in the aerospace field and encourages more girls to pursue careers in aviation and space exploration.

National High Heels Day

National High Heels Day, celebrated on May 20th, honors high heels as a symbol of confidence and fashion, originating from a 2021 court ruling and encouraging people to wear their favorite pairs proudly.

National Streaming Day

National Streaming Day, celebrated on May 20th, is a day to appreciate how streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ have changed the way we watch TV shows and movies, encouraging us to kick back, relax, and binge-watch our favorites.

🏆 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.

May 20, 1978 can be written as V-XX-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1978
→ Day Index: 140th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,504,988 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,672 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 186 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.54 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 577 🌔
→ Life path number: 5
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Lily of the valley
→ Birthstone: Emerald
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ 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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