It was the 3rd Saturday of 1978. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 12, 16 and 1978 reveal that your life path number is 8. Your zodiac sign is Sagittarius with a ruling planet Jupiter, your birthstone is the Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz, and your birth flower is the Narcissus. 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.

→ December 16, 1978 was a Saturday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Sagittarius
→ This date was 16,539 days ago
→ 1978 was the Year of the Horse
→ In 2024, December 16 is on Tuesday

View snazzy December 16, 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 Sagittarius with a ruling planet Jupiter. There were precisely 561 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on August 24, 2010.

→ You’ve slept 5,513 days or 15.1 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Horse
→ You have been alive 396,943 hours
→ You are 23,816,599 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 46 years old

You were born on a Saturday

December 16, 1978 was the 3rd Saturday of that year. It was also the 350th day and 12th 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 Sunday and a birthday after that will be on a Tuesday. The timer below is a countdown clock to your next birthday. It’s always accurate and is automatically updated.

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Your next birthday is on a Sunday

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 15.1 years of your life.
You’ve slept 181 month of your life.
You’ve slept 788 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,513 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 333,426,240 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,905,292,800 times. You have also blinked over 404,874,720 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" by Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond. (Billboard Hot 100 – December 16, 1978). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (December 16, 1992).

Celebrities born on December 16, 1978

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Eric Jackson (rapper).

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find out all celebrity birthdays born on December 16, 1978.


What happened on December 16th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 16 December 1978. An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during Chinese Tang Dynasty.
Seven Year War: Battle of Noryang Point - in the final battle of the war Korean navy decisively defeats the Japanese.
Parliamentarian General Oliver Cromwell appointed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Boston tea party incident - Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbour in protest against British imposed Tea Act.
8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

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 8

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.