Date:May 26, 1978

May 26, 1978

May 5, 1978 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Friday, May 26, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 338,244,480 breaths and experienced over 1,932,825,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 410,725,440 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 45 years, 11 months, and 7 days


📅 You were born on a Friday


🌖 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: 5,593 days of your life or 15.32 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Grease


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


♊ May 26 zodiac sign is Gemini ?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 11 ?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 Mercury


🪨 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 → Wednesday


🦅 Your spirit animal → Deer


Celebrities born on May 26th

1944
Sam Posey, American auto racer (12 Hours of Sebring 1975; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 3rd) and TV commentator (ABC Sports)

1915
Sam Edwards, American actor (Captain Midnight, Twelve O'Clock High)

1909
Richard Maibaum, American screenwriter (Goldfinger)

1963
Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)

1979
Ashley Massaro, American model and professional wrestler

1911
Ben Alexander, American actor (Dragnet, All Quiet on the Western Front)

1949
Dayle Haddon, Canadian model and actress (North Dallas Forty; Bedroom Eyes)

1962
Bob[cat] Goldthwait, comedian (Police Academy)


📜 Historical events on this date

1896
Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94).

1908
At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom.

1927
Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin Lizzie.

1948
South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy.

2004
The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.


🎄 Holidays on May 26

National Cherry Dessert Day
National Cherry Dessert Day, celebrated on May 26, is a day to enjoy and appreciate all kinds of cherry-flavored desserts, highlighting the fruit's delicious taste and health benefits.

Carb Day
Carb Day is a big celebration with music and parties on the Friday before the Indianapolis 500 car race, where teams make final adjustments to their cars, even though it's named after a car part not used since 1963.

National Title Track Day
National Title Track Day, celebrated on the fourth Friday of May, is when we jam out and appreciate the songs that share their names with albums or movies, like "Let It Be" by The Beatles, making them super memorable.


🏆 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 26, 1978 can be written as V-XXVI-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for May 26, 1978
Day Index: 146th day of 1978
Day of week: Friday
Week Index: 4th Friday of 1978
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 46 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 24,160,661 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,593 days
Months spent sleeping: 184 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.32 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 569 🌖
Life path number: 11
Zodiac sign: Gemini ♊
Zodiac ruling planet: Mercury
Birth flower: Lily of the valley
Birthstone: Emerald
Spirit Animal: Deer
Power Color: Yellow
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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