Date:May 20, 1978

May 20, 1978

May 5, 1978 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Saturday, May 20, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 341,691,840 breaths and experienced over 1,952,524,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 414,911,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 46 years, 4 months, and 25 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: 5,650 days of your life or 15.48 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Grease


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "With A Little Luck" by Paul McCartney (source: Billboard Hot 100)


♉ May 20 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 5 ?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 Venus


🪨 Your birthstone is Emerald ?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 May is Lily of the valley ?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 → Friday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver


Celebrities born on May 20th

1966
Dan Abrams, American TV reporter (Nightline)

1927
David Hedison, American actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea)

1965
Fia Porter, Mexia Tx, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live)

1955
Anton Corbijn, Dutch photographer, music video director (Depeche Mode; U2), and film director (The American)

1977
Angela Goethals, American actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)

1968
Timothy Olyphant, American stage and screen actor (Deadwood; Justified; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

1938
Marinella [Kyriaki Papadopoulou], Greek pop, folk, and rebetiko singer

1936
Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs)


📜 Historical events on this date

1498
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

1609
Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe.

1862
US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West.

1864
Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured.

1927
At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight).

1927
Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain in the Treaty of Jeddah.

1990
Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space.


🎄 Holidays on May 20

Clinical Trials Day
Clinical Trials Day, celebrated every May 20th, is a day to remember the start of modern medical research in 1747 and to thank scientists for their work in developing new medicines and treatments through experiments.

O. Henry Pun-off Day
O. Henry Pun-off Day is a fun holiday on May 20th where people gather to celebrate and compete in making clever puns, inspired by the witty writing style of the famous author O. Henry.

National Armed Forces Day
National Armed Forces Day is a day to honor and thank all the military members of the United States for their service, celebrated on the third Saturday of May every year.


🏆 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.

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


🔦 Facts Summary for May 20, 1978
Day Index: 140th 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: 24,407,561 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,650 days
Months spent sleeping: 185 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.48 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 575 🌔
Life path number: 5
Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
Birth flower: Lily of the valley
Birthstone: Emerald
Spirit Animal: Beaver
Power Color: Green
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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