18 February 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, February 18, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 343,526,400 breaths and experienced over 1,963,008,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 417,139,200 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 7 months, and 24 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing 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: 5,680 days of your life or 15.56 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♒ February 18 zodiac sign is Aquarius ?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 9 ?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 Uranus ♅

🪨 Your birthstone is Amethyst ?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 February is Violet ?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 → Wednesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Otter

⭐ Celebrities born on February 18th

1932

Miloš Forman, Czech-American award-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Firemen's Ball)

1938

István Szabó, Hungarian film director

1946

Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor

1970

Susan Egan, American actress

1981

Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor

1992

Jacqueline Toboni, American actress (Grimm)

1960

Greta Scacchi, Italian actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief)

1939

Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)

📜 Historical events on this date

1519

Hernán Cortes leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men.

1678

John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in Holborn, London, by Nathaniel Ponder.

1861

King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first King of Italy.

1885

Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US.

1917

1st major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd [NS=Mar 3].

2014

Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 begins as protesters, riot police and unknown shooters take part in violent events in the capital, Kiev, culminating after five days in the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych.

🎄 Holidays on February 18

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day

Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day, celebrated on February 18, commemorates the unique event in 1930 when Nellie Jay, aka Elm Farm Ollie, became the first cow to fly and be milked on a plane, showcasing scientific curiosity and a bit of aerial showmanship with milk parachuted to onlookers below.

National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day, celebrated on February 18, is a special day for seafood lovers to enjoy a tasty dish made by stuffing flounder fish with a mix of crab meat, spices, and breadcrumbs.

Pluto Day

Pluto Day celebrates the discovery of Pluto on February 18, 1930, by Clyde Tombaugh, marking the moment we found what we once thought was our ninth planet, famous for its icy mountains and tiny size.

🏆 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.

February 18, 1978 can be written as II-XVIII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for February 18, 1978
→ Day Index: 49th day of 1978
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,538,603 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,680 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 186 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.56 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 578 🌔
→ Life path number: 9
→ Zodiac sign: Aquarius ♒
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Uranus
→ Birth flower: Violet
→ Birthstone: Amethyst
→ Spirit Animal: Otter
→ Power Color: Blue
→ 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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