It was the 5th Thursday of 1978. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 8, 31 and 1978 reveal that your life path number is 1. Your zodiac sign is Virgo with a ruling planet Mercury, your birthstone is the Peridot and Sardonyx, and your birth flower is the Gladiolus. 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.

→ August 31, 1978 was a Thursday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Virgo
→ This date was 16,646 days ago
→ 1978 was the Year of the Horse
→ In 2024, August 31 is on Sunday

View snazzy August 31, 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 Virgo with a ruling planet Mercury. There were precisely 564 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on May 9, 2010.

→ You’ve slept 5,549 days or 15.2 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Horse
→ You have been alive 399,508 hours
→ You are 23,970,538 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old

You were born on a Thursday

August 31, 1978 was the 5th Thursday of that year. It was also the 243rd day and 8th 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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There are left before your next birthday. Your 46th birthday will be on a Friday and a birthday after that will be on a Sunday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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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 15.2 years of your life.
You’ve slept 182 month of your life.
You’ve slept 793 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,549 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 335,583,360 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,917,619,200 times. You have also blinked over 407,494,080 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "Grease" by Frankie Valli. (Billboard Hot 100 – August 31, 1978). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men (August 31, 1992).

Celebrities born on August 31, 1978

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What happened on August 31st

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 31 August 1978. Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League - with the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah.
The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
Federation of Malaya gains independence from Great Britain.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Sinn Fein) declares a ceasefire in Northern Ireland.
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.

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 1

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.