Funny Birthday Facts About February 28, 1978
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What day were you born on February 28, 1978?
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Countdown to Your 48th Birthday
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What day was February 28, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 47th birthday on Friday. How was your 47th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
FYI: You are more than 17,000 days old
Did you know that people born on February 28
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,472 Days
2,296 Weeks
574 Months
47 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 60 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17472 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5824 days, which is equivalent to 15.96 years. You spent 33.96% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 57 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for February 28, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on February 28
People born on February 28, 1978 are patriotic, courageous, and honest. If you're a February baby, Amethyst is your birthstone. It's also the birthstone for people who were born in October. Wearing an amethyst is said to bring calmness, wisdom, and restraint to the wearer.
Famous People Born on February 28
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on February 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996) |
| 1931 | Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020) |
| 1932 | Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016) |
| 1933 | Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician |
| 1937 | Jeff Farrell, American swimmer |
| 1939 | Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1939 | Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer |
| 1940 | Mario Andretti, Italian-American racing driver |
| 1942 | Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969) |
| 1942 | Dino Zoff, Italian footballer |
Famous People Died on February 28
Did you know that on February 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941) |
| 2006 | Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) |
| 2007 | Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917) |
| 2009 | Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918) |
| 2011 | Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935) |
| 2015 | Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923) |
| 2016 | George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925) |
| 2019 | André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929) |
Historical Events on February 28
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1525 | Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. |
| 1638 | The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. |
| 1835 | Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala. |
| 1844 | A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast. |
| 1922 | The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. |
| 1925 | The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. |
| 1947 | February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 28,000 civilians. |
| 1958 | A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. |
| 1959 | Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. |
| 1966 | A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett. |
Popular Baby Name on February 28, 1978
In 1978, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 67,157 baby boys were named Michael in 1978. The rest were named Jason, Christopher, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1978 was Jennifer. There were 56,319 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1978 there were 4,304,533,599 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 358,711,134. This shows that there were 358,711,134 babies born every month in 1978. It can also be concluded that there are 11,957,038 babies born every day and 8,304 babies born every minute which is mean that 139 babies born every second in the year 1978. Maybe one of them is you.
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