It was the 1st Wednesday of 1978. If you were born on this date your birthday numbers 1, 4 and 1978 reveal that your life path number is 3. Your zodiac sign is Capricorn with a ruling planet Saturn, your birthstone is the Garnet, and your birth flower is the Carnation. You are 46 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.

→ January 4, 1978 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Capricorn
→ This date was 16,885 days ago
→ 1978 was the Year of the Horse
→ In 2025, January 4 is on Sunday

View cool January 4, 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 47 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 Capricorn with a ruling planet Saturn. There were precisely 572 full moons after you were born up to this day. Your billionth second was on was on September 12, 2009.

→ You’ve slept 5,628 days or 15.42 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Horse
→ You have been alive 405,245 hours
→ You are 24,314,703 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 47 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

January 4, 1978 was the 1st Wednesday of that year. It was also the 4th day and 1st 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 47th birthday will be on a Thursday 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 15.42 years of your life.
You’ve slept 185 month of your life.
You’ve slept 804 week of your life.
You’ve slept 5,628 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 340,401,600 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 1,945,152,000 times. You have also blinked over 413,344,800 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees. (Billboard Hot 100 – January 4, 1978). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song.

Do you remember the number one song on your 14th birthday? It was "Black or White" by Michael Jackson (January 4, 1992).

Celebrities born on January 4, 1978

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What happened on January 4th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 4 January 1978. Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
New York Stock Exchange opens its 1st permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad St, near Wall Street in New York City.
Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity.
Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers' assistants end a 33 year strike.
The 110th United States Congress convenes and elects Nancy Pelosi as the 1st female Speaker of the House.

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 3

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.