Date:December 20, 1978

December 20, 1978 Birthday Answers

December 12, 1978 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Wednesday, December 20, 1978 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 4 months, and 9 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 333,990,720 breaths and experienced over 1,908,518,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 405,560,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Wednesday


🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse


😴 You’ve slept about 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: 5,522 days of your life or 15.13 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Grease


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Le Freak" by Chic (source: Billboard Hot 100).


♐ December 20 zodiac sign is Sagittarius ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.


🔢 Your life path number is 3 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.


🪐 Your ruling planet is Jupiter ♃


🪨 Your birthstone is Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.


🌷 The birth flower for December is Narcissus ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.


📅 Your lucky day → Thursday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Owl


⭐ Celebrities born on December 20th

1968
Joe Cornish, British comedian

1905
Albert Dekker, American stage and screen character actor (Dr. Cyclops; Beau Geste; The Wild Bunch), and politician

1939
Kathryn Joosten, American actress (Desperate Housewives)

1949
Claudia Jennings [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], American actress and Playboy playmate (Nov 1969, Playmate of the year 1970)

1970
Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress

1976
Jang Hyuk, Korean actor

1921
George Roy Hill, American Academy Award-winning film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Sting; Slap Shot; A Little Romance; The World According to Garp)

1927
Jim Simpson, American sportscaster, (NBC, ESPN)


📜 Historical events on this date

1522
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

1606
Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia.

1803
French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to USA for $27M.

1812
Grimm's Fairy Tales or "Children's and Household Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published.

1917
Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin.

1960
The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam.


🎄 Holidays on December 20

Dot Your I's Day
Dot Your I's Day, celebrated on December 20, is a day to pay extra attention to details and aim for perfection in everything you do, from handwriting to household chores.

Sacagawea Day
Sacagawea Day, celebrated on December 20th, honors the young Native American woman who played a crucial role as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition, symbolizing women's contributions and bravery.

Mudd Day
Mudd Day on December 20 celebrates the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who got in trouble for treating John Wilkes Booth's injury after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Cathode-Ray Tube Day
Cathode-Ray Tube Day, celebrated on December 20th, is a day to appreciate the old-school technology behind our early TVs and computer monitors that used electron beams to create the images we see.

Go Caroling Day
Go Caroling Day, celebrated on December 20, is when people spread holiday cheer by singing Christmas songs together and visiting homes, keeping alive a fun tradition from before we had all our digital gadgets.


🏆 Sports in 1978

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

🎾 Tennis
In the 1978 US Open Championships, Jimmy Connors defeated Bjorn Borg (6-4, 6-2, 6-2) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Pam Shriver (7-5, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

December 20, 1978 can be written as XII-XX-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for December 20, 1978

Day Index: 354th day of 1978
Day of week: Wednesday
Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1978
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 23,857,701 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,522 days
Months spent sleeping: 181 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.13 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 562 🌖
Life path number: 3
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius ♐
Zodiac ruling planet: Jupiter
Birth flower: Narcissus
Birthstone: Tanzanite, Turquoise, Zircon and Topaz
Spirit Animal: Owl
Power Color: Purple
President of United States:
World population 1978: 4,304,377,112 Source: un.org

The 1978 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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