Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, February 1, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Sunday
🎂 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 › "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Aquarius
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Uranus ♅
🐼 Spirit Animal › Otter
🔢 Life Path Number › 1
🌼 Birth flower › Violet
🪨 Birthstone › Amethyst
📅 Lucky day › Wednesday ⬤Power Color › Blue
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 27,025,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 413,491,680 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,945,843,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,837,688,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 340,522,560 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on October 10, 2009.
What happened on my birthday
1587
Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
1843
Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America - The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens.
1884
1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published.
1908
King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
1968
Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lem with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.
1979
Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.
2003
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Famous people with my birthday
1932
John Hart, American TV journalist (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News)
1943
Tina Sloan, NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
1972
Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
1937
Garrett Morris, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash)
1941
Karl Dall, German television host
1971
Michael C. Hall, American actor (Dexter, Six Feet Under)
1985
Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
1981
Graeme Smith, South African cricket batsman, captain & broadcaster
Holidays on Wednesday, February 1st
National Dark Chocolate Day
National Dark Chocolate Day, celebrated on February 1st, is a day to enjoy and learn about the benefits and history of dark chocolate.
Hula in the Coola Day
Hula in the Coola Day, celebrated on February 1st, is a fun day where we pretend it's warm and sunny by dancing the Hawaiian Hula, reminding us to find joy and have a good time even when it's cold outside.
National Baked Alaska Day
National Baked Alaska Day, celebrated on February 1st, is all about enjoying a cool dessert made of ice cream and cake covered in warm, toasted meringue, which got its name from its hot-and-cold nature, much like the states of Alaska and Florida.
National African American Read-In
The National African American Read-In, celebrated in February during Black History Month, encourages people everywhere to come together and explore African American literature through various events like book discussions and author meet-ups to celebrate and learn from Black authors and stories.
Robinson Crusoe Day
Robinson Crusoe Day, celebrated on February 1, honors the classic adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, encouraging people to either read the book or watch its film adaptations.
