What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 20, 1978?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 20, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 20, 1978?

On April 20, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on April 20, 1978?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
48 years

Famous people born on April 20, 1978

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Juan Guillermo Castillo

April 17 · Uruguayan footballer

Taron Margaryan

April 17 · Armenian politician

Ryota Tsuzuki

April 18 · Japanese association football player

James Franco

April 19 · American actor (born 1978)

Gabriel Heinze

April 19 · Argentine association football player

Jukka Nevalainen

April 21 · Finnish musician

What happened that day

A Soviet air defense plane shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902; the plane makes an emergency landing on a frozen lake.

Also that week

The U.S. Senate votes, 68–32, to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
30 – The Khmer Rouge massacres 3,157 civilians in Ba Chúc, Vietnam.
Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song A-Ba-Ni-Bi.
The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
St. Paul, Minnesota becomes the second U.S. city to repeal its gay rights ordinance, after Anita Bryant's successful 1977 anti-gay campaign in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Night Fever

Bee Gees

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🎵 No. 1 song

April 20, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on April 20, 1978 is a Taurus. Someone born on April 20, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,731 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.

Also born on April 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon III
1808 · President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France
Adolf Hitler
1889 · Dictator of Germany from to
Joan Miró
1893 · Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist

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Questions about April 20, 1978

What day of the week was April 20, 1978?: April 20, 1978 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on April 20, 1978?: Someone born on April 20, 1978 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 20, 1978?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 20, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on April 20, 1978?: Someone born on April 20, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,731 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1978?: People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 20, 1978?: On April 20, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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