Here are all the facts you need to know about your birthday on Wednesday, October 18, 1978:
🕰️ Born into › Generation X
🎉 Next birthday will be on › Saturday
🎂 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 › "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
🐎 Chinese Zodiac › Horse
☀️ Sun Sign › Libra
💨 Zodiac Element › Air
🌠 Zodiac Quality › Cardinal
🪐 Ruling Planet › Venus ♀
🐼 Spirit Animal › Raven
🔢 Life Path Number › 8
🌼 Birth flower › Marigold
🪨 Birthstone › Opal and Tourmaline
📅 Lucky day › Friday ⬤Power Color › Pink
⛽ Gas price per gallon › $0.63
🏛️ President of United States ›
🌎 World population › 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org
⚡️ You’ve traveled over 26,617,600,000 miles through the Milky Way.
⚡️ You have blinked over 407,249,280 times in your lifetime
⚡️ Your heart beat over 1,916,467,200 times.
⚡️ You have taken about 2,794,848,000 steps.
⚡️ You have taken approximately 335,381,760 breaths since your birth.
⏱️ Your billionth (1,000,000,000) second was on June 26, 2010.
What happened on my birthday
1009
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1685
French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants.
1867
US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million.
1931
American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.
1962
James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA.
Famous people with my birthday
1913
Evelyn Venable, American model and actress (Death Takes a Holiday, Columbia Pictures logo)
1972
Jake Farrow, American actor (Drake & Josh)
1951
Pam Dawber, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam)
1918
Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco)
1968
Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks)
1926
John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
1952
Chuck Lorre, American television director, writer, and producer (Dharma & Greg; Two and a Half Men; The Big Bang Theory)
1984
Freida Pinto, Indian Bollywood actress (Slumdog Millionaire; Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Holidays on Wednesday, October 18th
National No Beard Day
National No Beard Day, celebrated on October 18, is a fun day when guys shave off their beards to change their look and maybe even feel a bit different or more confident.
National Mashed Potato Day
National Mashed Potato Day, celebrated on October 18th in the United States, is a fun holiday for potato lovers to indulge in their favorite dish, with its origins a bit of a mystery, though some believe the Idaho Potato Commission started it to honor the beloved spud.
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
National Chocolate Cupcake Day, celebrated every year on October 18, is a fun holiday where people all over the world enjoy chocolate cupcakes, a delicious treat that has been loved since it first appeared in a 1796 cookbook.
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a day when people choose to be silent for a day to honor and remember babies who were not born because of abortion.
National Pharmacy Technician Day
National Pharmacy Technician Day, celebrated on October 18, is a special day to appreciate the hardworking helpers in pharmacies who assist with everything from counting pills to helping customers, ensuring pharmacies run smoothly.
