2 September 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Saturday, September 2, 1978 that no one tells you about.

Your next birthday is in:

3
months

1
day

12
hours

12
minutes

37
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 29 days

You were born on a Saturday

The moon was in New 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)

September 2 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 9 ?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 Sapphire ?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 September is Aster/Myosotis ?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 September 2nd

1940

Beverly Sanders, American actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)

1948

Terry Bradshaw, College/Pro Football HOF quarterback and broadcaster

1950

Rosanna DeSoto, American actress

1979

Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor

1982

Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress

1962

Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor

1976

Erin Hershey, American actress.

1968

Cynthia Watros, American actress

Historical events on this date

1192

Sultan Saladin and King Richard the Lionheart of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade.

1792

September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter 3 Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.

1864

Union General William T Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during Savannah Campaign (US Civil War).

1944

Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.

1945

V-J Day, formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri marks the end of WW II (Japanese date, 1st September in US).

Holidays on September 2

National Blueberry Popsicle Day

National Blueberry Popsicle Day, celebrated on September 2nd, is a fun holiday where everyone enjoys the deliciousness of blueberry-flavored popsicles, giving this awesome berry the spotlight it deserves!

Bison-ten Yell Day

Bison-ten Yell Day is a playful holiday on September 2 that celebrates the imaginary 200th birthday of a guy who invented unique yelling signals for battles and football games, and the fun twist is that saying "Bison-Ten Yell" fast sounds like "bicentennial."

National Hummingbird Day

National Hummingbird Day, celebrated on the first Saturday of September, is a day dedicated to learning about and helping to protect these tiny, energetic birds, through activities like educational events and creating bird-friendly gardens.

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.

September 2, 1978 can be written as IX-II-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

Facts Summary for September 2, 1978
→ Day Index: 245th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 1st Saturday 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: 24,586,907 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: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Virgo
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
→ Birth flower: Aster/Myosotis
→ Birthstone: Sapphire
→ 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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