Did you know that July 28, 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 July 28
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 212 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17320 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5774 days, which is equivalent to 15.82 years. You spent 33.66% 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 July 28

If you were born on 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 July 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979) |
| 1901 | Rudy Vallée, American actor, singer, and saxophonist (d. 1986) |
| 1902 | Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959) |
| 1902 | Sir Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1907 | Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983) |
| 1909 | Aenne Burda, German publisher (d. 2005) |
| 1909 | Malcolm Lowry, English novelist and poet (d. 1957) |
| 1914 | Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984) |
| 1915 | Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015) |
| 1915 | Dick Sprang, American illustrator (d. 2000) |
Did you know that on July 28
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890) |
| 1971 | Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908) |
| 1972 | Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903) |
| 1976 | Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (b. 1881) |
| 1979 | Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898) |
| 1979 | Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902) |
| 1980 | Rose Rand, Austrian-born American logician and philosopher (b. 1903) |
| 1981 | Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935) |
| 1982 | Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953) |
| 1987 | Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on July 28
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. |
| 1973 | Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway. |
| 1974 | Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed. |
| 1976 | The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. |
| 1984 | Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles. |
| 1996 | The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. |
| 2001 | Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting. |
| 2002 | Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground. |
| 2002 | Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board. |
| 2005 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. |
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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