Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Sunday, November 5, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Wednesday
🎂 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 › "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Scorpio
🌊 Zodiac Element › Water
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Fixed
🪐 Ruling Planet › Pluto ♇
🐼 Spirit Animal › Snake
🔢 Life Path Number › 5
🌼 Birth flower › Chrysanthemum
🪨 Birthstone › Topaz and Citrine
📅 Lucky day › Tuesday ⬤Power Color › Black
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,579,200,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 406,661,760 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,913,702,400 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,790,816,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken about 334,897,920 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on July 14, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1492
Christopher Columbus 1st learns about growing and harvesting maize (corn) from Cuba's indigenous population.
1556
Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu.
1605
Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
1937
Adolf Hitler informs his military leaders in a secret meeting of his intentions of going to war.
1956
Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis.
1979
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan".
Famous people with my birthday
1969
Jennifer Guthrie, American actress (General Hospital, 1990-91; Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1927
Bob Abernethy, American journalist and newscaster (NBC News Encore; PBS - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly)
1980
Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen
1971
Corin Nemec, American actor (Tucker, Parker Lewis)
1965
Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress (The Blacklist: Redemption)
1970
Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress (Mel-EastEnders)
1934
Victor Argo, American actor
1975
Keala Settle, American stage and screen actress and singer (Hands on a Hardbody; The Greatest Showman)
Holidays on Sunday, November 5th
National Bison Day
National Bison Day, celebrated on the first Saturday of November, is a day for Americans to appreciate the bison's importance in our environment and culture, recognizing its significance as a symbol and resource in Native American communities.
National Redhead Day
National Redhead Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a special day for people with red hair to feel proud and embrace their unique and rare hair color.
American Football Day
American Football Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a day to enjoy and appreciate America's favorite sport, reminding us to catch up on the season and check our fantasy football teams.
National Chinese Take Out Day
National Chinese Take-Out Day, celebrated on November 5th, is a fun day when people enjoy and explore the wide variety of Chinese dishes, from stir-fries to sweets, whether they're longtime fans or trying it for the first time.
