Funny Birthday Facts About August 20, 1978
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What day were you born on August 20, 1978?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Sunday, 20
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 20, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 47th birthday on Wednesday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
FYI: You are more than 17,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 20
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,098 Days
2,244 Weeks
561 Months
46 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
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 434 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17098 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5700 days, which is equivalent to 15.62 years. You spent 33.96% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Thursday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Friday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Sunday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Monday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Tuesday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Wednesday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Friday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Saturday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Sunday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Monday | 57 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 20, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 20
Peridot is birthstone for people born on 20
Famous People Born on August 20
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 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1779 | Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1848) |
| 1789 | Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia (d. 1833) |
| 1799 | James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar (d. 1840) |
| 1833 | Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901) |
| 1845 | Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (d. 1916) |
| 1847 | Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (d. 1889) |
| 1847 | Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (d. 1912) |
| 1856 | Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909) |
| 1860 | Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (d. 1934) |
| 1865 | Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1911) |
Famous People Died on August 20
Did you know that on August 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927) |
| 1996 | Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950) |
| 1997 | Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922) |
| 1997 | Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909) |
| 1998 | Vũ Văn Mẫu, 10th and final Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1914) |
| 2001 | Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915) |
| 2001 | Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925) |
| 2005 | Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970) |
| 2005 | Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981) |
| 2006 | Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977) |
Historical Events on August 20
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 20
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1672 | Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by a mob in The Hague. |
| 1707 | The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. |
| 1710 | War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa. |
| 1775 | The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona. |
| 1794 | Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. |
| 1852 | Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives. |
| 1858 | Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory. |
| 1864 | Bakumatsu: Kinmon incident: The Chōshū Domain attempts to expel the Satsuma and Aizu Domains from Japan's imperial court. |
| 1866 | President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over. |
| 1882 | Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. |
Popular Baby Name on August 20, 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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