Funny Birthday Facts About December 8, 1978
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What day were you born on December 8, 1978?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 8
Countdown to Your 48th Birthday
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What day was December 8, 2025?
This 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.
FYI: You are more than 17,000 days old
Did you know that people born on December 8
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
17,184 Days
2,256 Weeks
564 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 348 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17184 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5728 days, which is equivalent to 15.69 years. You spent 33.38% 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 December 8, 1978?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on December 8
Turqoise is birthstone held by people born on December 8, 1978. It symbolizes happiness, good fortune, good luck, and peace. This birthstone is said to bring its wearer what they seek for and pursue. The people with this birthstone are known to pursue their own happiness and desires, regardless of what others think of them.
Famous People Born on December 8
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 December 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Teresa Weatherspoon, American basketball player and coach |
| 1965 | Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1966 | Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (d. 2019) |
| 1966 | Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach |
| 1966 | Matthew Labyorteaux, American actor |
| 1966 | Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2023) |
| 1966 | Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor |
| 1967 | Andy Kapp, German curler |
| 1967 | Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager |
| 1967 | Jeff George, American football player |
Famous People Died on December 8
Did you know that on December 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930) |
| 2009 | Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) |
| 2012 | Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987) |
| 2012 | John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934) |
| 2012 | Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951) |
| 2013 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) |
| 2013 | Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949) |
| 2013 | Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915) |
| 2014 | Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930) |
Historical Events on December 8
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1991 | The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
| 1992 | The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time. |
| 1998 | Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. |
| 2001 | A raid conducted by the Internal Security Department (ISD) of Singapore foils a Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) plot to bomb foreign embassies in Singapore. |
| 2004 | Columbus nightclub shooting: Nathan Gale opens fire at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, killing former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others before being shot dead by a police officer. |
| 2004 | The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. |
| 2009 | Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others. |
| 2010 | The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km (50,200 mi). |
| 2010 | With the second launch of the Falcon 9 and the first launch of the Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft. |
| 2013 | Metallica performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all seven continents. |
Popular Baby Name on December 8, 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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