28 September 1978: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Thursday, September 28, 1978 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 347,719,680 breaths and experienced over 1,986,969,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 422,231,040 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 47 years, 2 months, and 20 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent 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: 5,749 days of your life or 15.75 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Grease

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Kiss You All Over" by Exile (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♎ September 28 zodiac sign is Libra ?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 8 ?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 Sapphire ?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 September is Aster/Myosotis ?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 → Raven

⭐ Celebrities born on September 28th

1937

Rod Roddy, American television announcer

1925

Frank Latimore, American actor (Patton, Breakin Up)

1950

John Sayles, American director, screenwriter (The Brother from Another Planet; Eight Men Out; Matewan; The Secret of Roan Inish), actor, and novelist

1939

Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor (Love Thy Neighbour)

1924

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle)

1922

Joseph "Joe" Silver, American actor (Lenny, Mr I Magination)

1936

Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer

1975

Karan Ashley [Jackson], American actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)

📜 Historical events on this date

935

Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.

1066

William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex.

1781

9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin siege of Yorktown.

1887

Yellow River or Huáng He floods in China, killing between 900,000 and 2 million people, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.

1939

German-Soviet Frontier Treaty is signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov ; redraws German and Soviet spheres of influence in central Europe and transfers most of Lithuania to the USSR.

🎄 Holidays on September 28

Remember Me Thursday

Remember Me Thursday is a special day on the fourth Thursday of September where people spread the word about the importance of adopting pets from shelters to help find homes for all the dogs and cats that don't have families yet.

National Drink Beer Day

National Drink Beer Day, celebrated on September 28, is like the scene from "Forrest Gump" where Bubba lists all his favorite shrimps, but for us, it's a day to think about and enjoy all the different kinds of beer, from porters and ales to lagers and stouts.

International Poke Day

International Poke Day, celebrated on September 28th, is a day to enjoy a traditional Hawaiian dish made of seasoned raw fish, embracing its recent popularity beyond Hawaii.

🏆 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.

September 28, 1978 can be written as IX-XXVIII-MCMLXXVIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for September 28, 1978
→ Day Index: 271st day of 1978
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 4th Thursday of 1978
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 48 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 24,838,444 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,749 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 189 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 15.75 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 585 🌘
→ Life path number: 8
→ Zodiac sign: Libra ♎
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Aster/Myosotis
→ Birthstone: Sapphire
→ Spirit Animal: Raven
→ Power Color: Pink
→ 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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