Funny Birthday Facts About October 20, 1978
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What day were you born on October 20, 1978?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 20
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was October 20, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 47th birthday on Monday. 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 October 20
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,037 Days
2,236 Weeks
559 Months
46 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 495 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17037 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5679 days, which is equivalent to 15.56 years. You spent 33.83% 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 |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for October 20, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on October 20
According to ancient lore, opal is a birthstone of people born on 20
Famous People Born on October 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 October 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (d. 2004) |
| 1932 | William Christopher, American actor and singer (d. 2016) |
| 1933 | Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer |
| 1934 | Bill Chase, American trumpet player (d. 1974) |
| 1934 | Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (d. 1996) |
| 1935 | Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (d. 2004) |
| 1937 | Cancio Garcia, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2013) |
| 1937 | Emma Tennant, English author (d. 2017) |
| 1937 | Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1937 | Wanda Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
Famous People Died on October 20
Did you know that on October 20
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896) |
| 1972 | Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885) |
| 1977 | Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
| 1977 | Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949) |
| 1978 | Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948) |
| 1983 | Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917) |
| 1983 | Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915) |
| 1984 | Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) |
| 1984 | Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 1987 | Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903) |
Historical Events on October 20
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on October 20
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1961 | The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine. |
| 1962 | China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War. |
| 1973 | The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. |
| 1973 | Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork. |
| 1976 | The Luling-Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive. |
| 1977 | A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed. |
| 1981 | Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York. |
| 1982 | During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. |
| 1986 | Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people. |
| 1991 | A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. |
Popular Baby Name on October 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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