Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Tuesday, August 22, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Friday
🎂 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 › "Grease" by Frankie Valli
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Leo
🔥 Zodiac Element › Fire
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Sun ☉
🐼 Spirit Animal › Salmon
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Gladiolus
🪨 Birthstone › Peridot and Sardonyx
📅 Lucky day › Sunday ⬤Power Color › Orange
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,704,000,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 408,571,200 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,922,688,000 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,803,920,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 336,470,400 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on April 30, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1485
Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, founded by the British East India Company on sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642
Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament.
1864
First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".
1864
First Geneva Convention, governing the protection of victims in warfare, signed by 12 nations.
1945
Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup.
Famous people with my birthday
1907
Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach)
1911
Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop)
1983
Laura Breckenridge, American actress (Rose Sorelli-Related)
1973
Kristen Wiig, American comedian and actress (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters)
1971
Richard Armitage, British actor (The Hobbit; Robin Hood)
1940
George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live)
1916
John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)
1939
Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda)
Holidays on Tuesday, August 22nd
National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day
National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day is a special day to remember to take care of our furry cat friends by making sure they have a check-up at the vet for their health.
Be An Angel Day
Be An Angel Day, celebrated every August 22, is about doing good deeds, big or small, to make the world a better place by being kind and helpful to others.
National Pecan Torte Day
National Pecan Torte Day, celebrated every August 22nd, is a fun holiday where we enjoy and honor a delicious dessert made mainly with pecans, a nut that's originally from the United States, and can include different yummy fillings.
National Bao Day
National Bao Day, celebrated on August 22, is all about enjoying and learning more about the delicious and diverse dumplings called bao, which come stuffed with everything from pork to sweet custard.
National Tooth Fairy Day
National Tooth Fairy Day, celebrated on August 22, is a fun holiday that encourages kids to enjoy the magic of losing their teeth and looking forward to a surprise from the Tooth Fairy in exchange for their lost tooth.
