A Thursday
Born on March 2, 1978?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on March 2, 1978
Born the same week
Thomas Pesquet
February 27 · French astronaut
Kakha Kaladze
February 27 · Georgian footballer and politician (born 1978)
Benjamin Raich
February 28 · Austrian alpine ski racer
Liya Kebede
March 1 · Ethiopian model and actress (born 1978)
Daniel Risch
March 5 · Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2021 to 2025
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
March 2, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on March 2, 1978 is a Pisces. Someone born on March 2, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,780 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on March 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Dr. Seuss
1904 · American children's author and cartoonist

Mikhail Gorbachev
1931 · leader of the Soviet Union from to
Gift ideas for someone born in 1978
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 49
- “Born in 1978” gifts
- Wine from 1978
- Books about 1978
- A newspaper from 1978
- Coin set from 1978
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Questions about March 2, 1978
- What day of the week was March 2, 1978?
- March 2, 1978 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on March 2, 1978?
- Someone born on March 2, 1978 is a Pisces.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for March 2, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, March 2, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on March 2, 1978?
- Someone born on March 2, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,780 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for March?
- The birthstone for March is aquamarine.
- What was the moon phase on March 2, 1978?
- On March 2, 1978 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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