Funny Birthday Facts About August 12, 1978
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What day were you born on August 12, 1978?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Saturday, 12
Countdown to Your 48th Birthday
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What day was August 12, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 47th birthday on Tuesday. 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 August 12
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,305 Days
2,272 Weeks
568 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 227 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17305 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5769 days, which is equivalent to 15.81 years. You spent 33.64% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Thursday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Sunday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Monday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Friday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Saturday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Sunday | 57 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 12, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 12
Peridot is birthstone for people born on 12
Famous People Born on August 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 August 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (d. 2002) |
| 1948 | Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist |
| 1948 | Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka |
| 1949 | Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 1949 | Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012) |
| 1949 | Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1949 | Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician |
| 1949 | Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer |
| 1950 | August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer |
| 1950 | George McGinnis, American basketball player (d. 2023) |
Famous People Died on August 12
Did you know that on August 12
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1424 | Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360) |
| 1484 | Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414) |
| 1546 | Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (b. 1492) |
| 1577 | Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513) |
| 1588 | Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543) |
| 1602 | Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551) |
| 1612 | Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557) |
| 1638 | Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557) |
| 1674 | Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602) |
| 1689 | Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611) |
Historical Events on August 12
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 12
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. |
| 1976 | Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War. |
| 1977 | The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. |
| 1977 | The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. |
| 1981 | The IBM Personal Computer is released. |
| 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster. |
| 1990 | Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. |
| 1992 | Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). |
| 1994 | Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. |
| 2000 | The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew. |
Popular Baby Name on August 12, 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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