Did you know that December 14, 1978 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Countdown to Your 48th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 47th birthday on Sunday. 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.
Did you know that people born on December 14
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 355 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 48 years old. There have been 17177 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5726 days, which is equivalent to 15.69 years. You spent 33.38% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 48 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 49 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 50 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 51 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 52 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 53 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 54 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 56 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 57 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on December 14

Turqoise is birthstone for people born on 14
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 14
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1009 | Go-Suzaku, emperor of Japan (d. 1045) |
| 1332 | Frederick III, German nobleman (d. 1381) |
| 1546 | Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601) |
| 1599 | Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (d. 1668) |
| 1607 | János Kemény, Hungarian prince (d. 1662) |
| 1625 | Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (d. 1695) |
| 1631 | Anne Conway, English philosopher and author (d. 1679) |
| 1640 | Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689) |
| 1678 | Daniel Neal, English historian and author (d. 1743) |
| 1720 | Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (d. 1794) |
Did you know that on December 14
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869) |
| 1940 | Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872) |
| 1943 | John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852) |
| 1944 | Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908) |
| 1947 | Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864) |
| 1947 | Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867) |
| 1953 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896) |
| 1956 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870) |
| 1963 | Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924) |
| 1964 | William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on December 14
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1836 | The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state. |
| 1863 | American Civil War: The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign, but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring. |
| 1896 | The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. |
| 1900 | Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law (quantum theory) at the Physic Society in Berlin. |
| 1902 | The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu. |
| 1903 | The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. |
| 1907 | The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. |
| 1909 | New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. |
| 1911 | Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole. |
| 1913 | Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. |
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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