Funny Birthday Facts About August 23, 1978
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What day were you born on August 23, 1978?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Wednesday, 23
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 23, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 47th birthday on Saturday. 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 23
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,095 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 437 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17095 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5699 days, which is equivalent to 15.61 years. You spent 33.93% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Monday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Thursday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Friday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Saturday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Monday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Tuesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Wednesday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Thursday | 57 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 23, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 23
Peridot is the gemstone of people born on 23
Famous People Born on August 23
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 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006) |
| 1927 | Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017) |
| 1927 | Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer |
| 1928 | Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1929 | Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (d. 2018) |
| 1929 | Vera Miles, American actress |
| 1929 | Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009) |
Famous People Died on August 23
Did you know that on August 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1989 | R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927) |
| 1990 | David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910) |
| 1994 | Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
| 1995 | Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898) |
| 1996 | Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (b. 1904) |
| 1997 | Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922) |
| 1997 | John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) |
| 1999 | James White, Irish author (b. 1928) |
| 1999 | Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| 2000 | John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932) |
Historical Events on August 23
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed. |
| 1839 | The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas. |
| 1866 | The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. |
| 1873 | The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens. |
| 1898 | The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. |
| 1904 | The automobile tire chain is patented. |
| 1914 | World War I: Japan declares war on Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army. |
| 1921 | British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive. |
Popular Baby Name on August 23, 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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