Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, April 2, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Thursday
🎂 How many days until my birthday ›
Countdown time to your next birthday:
🍿 Number one movie › Grease
🎮 Number one video game › Space Invaders
🎵 Number one song › "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Aries
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Mars ♂
🐼 Spirit Animal › Hawk
🔢 Life Path Number › 4
🌼 Birth flower › Sweet Pea/Daisy
🪨 Birthstone › Diamond
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Red
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,926,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 411,973,920 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,938,700,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,827,272,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 339,272,640 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on December 9, 2009.
What happened on my birthday
1453
Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29.
1513
Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida.
1792
The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime.
1801
Napoleonic Wars: The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish fleet in the naval Battle of Copenhagen.
1917
US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.
1930
Ras Tafari Makonnen becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
1982
Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great Britain.
Famous people with my birthday
1953
Debralee Scott, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Cathy"; Angie)
1917
Robert "Dabbs" Greer, American actor (Gunsmoke, The Green Mile, Little House on Prairie)
1977
Aiden Turner, English actor (All My Children)
1980
Bobby Bones [Bobby Estell], American radio host and TV personality (American Idol)
1935
Sharon Acker, Canadian actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
1923
Gloria Henry [McEniry], American actress (Dennis the Menace)
1934
Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes)
1967
Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter (Soccer AM, 1995-2017)
Holidays on Sunday, April 2nd
National DIY Day
National DIY Day is a cool day on April 2 where everyone is encouraged to get creative and tackle projects like building, decorating, or fixing things by themselves, instead of hiring someone else to do it.
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, celebrated on April 2nd, is a fun day to enjoy and get creative with the classic American snack of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
National Ferret Day
National Ferret Day, celebrated on April 2nd, is a day dedicated to learning about, appreciating, and clearing up misunderstandings about ferrets, playful and friendly pets that are often unfairly judged.
National Ride Your Horse to a Bar Day
National Ride Your Horse to a Bar Day, celebrated on April 2nd, encourages people to channel their inner cowboy by riding their horse to a bar, a nod to historical times when pubs were horse-friendly rest stops.
National Love Your Produce Manager Day
National Love Your Produce Manager Day, celebrated every April 2nd in the U.S., is a day to appreciate and thank the people who work hard to make sure we have fresh fruits and vegetables in our stores every day.
