May 8, 1978

Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Monday, May 8, 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 › "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman

🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Taurus
🌎 Zodiac Element › Earth
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Beaver

🔢 Life Path Number › 11
🌼 Birth flower › Lily of the valley
🪨 Birthstone › Emerald
📅 Lucky day › Friday
Power Color › Green

Gas price per gallon › $0.63





🏛️ President of United States
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org

⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,878,400,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 411,239,520 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,935,244,800 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,822,232,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 338,667,840 breaths since your birth.

⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on January 14, 2010.


What happened on my birthday

1660
English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England.

1835
1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.

1902
Mount Pelee on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors.

1945
V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender.

1980
World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated.

2007
A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) as Deputy First Minister.


Famous people with my birthday

1908
Laura Liddell, English actress (Shakespeare Wallah)

1957
Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC)

1948
Maurizio Nichetti, Italian screenwriter, director and actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)

1981
Stephen Amell, Canadian actor (Arrow)

1982
Anthony Roth Costanzo, American operatic countertenor (Akhnaten), actor, and educator

1918
Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress, and singing voice for Rita Hayworth

1935
Salome Jens, American actress (From Here to Eternity (TV mini-series); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and dancer

1984
Martin Compston, Scottish actor (Line of Duty)


Holidays on Monday, May 8th

National Women's Check-up Day
National Women's Check-up Day, observed on the second Monday in May, encourages women to get regular medical check-ups to catch any health issues early and maintain a healthier life.

Jamestown Day
Jamestown Day celebrates the 415th anniversary of America's first permanent English colony with historical reenactments and Native American arts at two cultural sites, showcasing the early settlers' life and the Powhatan people.

National Have a Coke Day
National Have a Coke Day, celebrated on May 8, is a day inspired by a famous 1971 Coke commercial that combines the themes of peace, harmony, and the enjoyment of Coca-Cola, reflecting the spirit of the "flower power" era.

National Give Someone a Cupcake Day
National Give Someone a Cupcake Day, celebrated on May 8th, is a fun holiday where you make or buy cupcakes to share with friends, teachers, family, or anyone else you know, just to make their day a little sweeter.

White Lotus Day
White Lotus Day is a special day on May 8th where people who follow Theosophy remember the life of Helena Blavatsky, one of their founders, by celebrating with white lotuses, symbolizing her influence and the spread of Eastern spiritual ideas in the West.

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