Did you know that May 12, 1978 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Countdown to Your 48th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 47th birthday on Monday. 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.
Did you know that people born on May 12
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 139 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17393 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5798 days, which is equivalent to 15.88 years. You spent 33.79% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Friday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Saturday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Sunday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Monday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Wednesday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Thursday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Friday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Saturday | 57 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 12

People born on 12
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 May 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1948 | Richard Riehle, American actor |
| 1948 | Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist |
| 1949 | Ross Bleckner, American painter |
| 1950 | Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1950 | Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author |
| 1950 | Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer |
| 1950 | Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician |
| 1951 | George Karl, American basketball player and coach |
| 1955 | Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician |
| 1956 | Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire |
Did you know that on May 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1529 | Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460) |
| 1599 | Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570) |
| 1634 | George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559) |
| 1641 | Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593) |
| 1684 | Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620) |
| 1699 | Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) |
| 1700 | John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631) |
| 1708 | Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) |
| 1748 | Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692) |
| 1759 | Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 12
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2015 | A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200. |
| 2015 | Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3,500. |
| 2017 | The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers. |
| 2018 | Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others. |
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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