It was the 2nd Sunday of 1978. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 4, 9 and 1978 reveal that your life path number is 11. Your zodiac sign is Aries with a ruling planet Mars, your birthstone is the Diamond, and your birth flower is the Sweet Pea/Daisy. You are 45 old, and were born in 1970s, in the middle of Generation X. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ April 9, 1978 was a Sunday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Aries
→ This date was 16,790 days ago
→ 1978 was the Year of the Horse
→ In 2024, April 9 is on Wednesday

View snazzy April 9, 1978 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 46 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Horse. Your birth sign is Aries with a ruling planet Mars. There were precisely 569 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on December 16, 2009.

→ You’ve slept 5,597 days or 15.33 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Horse
→ You have been alive 402,964 hours
→ You are 24,177,863 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old

You were born on a Sunday

April 9, 1978 was the 2nd Sunday of that year. It was also the 99th day and 4th month of 1978 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse 1978 calendar will be in 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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You’ve slept 33% of your life!

Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far:

You’ve slept 15.33 years of your life.
You’ve slept 184 month of your life.
You’ve slept 800 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,597 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 338,486,400 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,934,208,000 times. You have also blinked over 411,019,200 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees. (Billboard Hot 100 – April 9, 1978). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams (April 9, 1992).

Celebrities born on April 9, 1978

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What happened on April 9th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 9 April 1978. Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king of England. He is never crowned, and disappears presumed murdered, after incarceration in the Tower of London with his younger brother Richard (the "Princes in the Tower").
British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear cut off by Spanish Guarde Costa in the Caribbean, later catalyst for war between Britain & Spain.
John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant (US Civil War).
Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada.

Sports in 1978

NBA – Washington Bullets beat Seattle SuperSonics (4 - 3) to win the 1978 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

NHL – Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 2) to win the 1978 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

NFL – Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XII on January 15, 1978 in New Orleans, LA.

MLB – New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1978 World Series. to win the World Series.


Your life path number is 11

So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.