A Sunday
Born on July 16, 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
Sunday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on July 16, 1978
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Gary David
July 13 · Filipino basketball player (born 1978)
Prodromos Nikolaidis
July 13 · Greek basketball player (born 1978)
Mattias Ekström
July 14 · Swedish racecar driver
Justine Triet
July 17 · French film director and screenwriter
Tomas Danilevičius
July 18 · Lithuanian footballer
Virginia Raggi
July 18 · Italian politician (1978)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 16, 1978 was a Sunday. Someone born on July 16, 1978 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 16, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,644 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on July 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary Baker Eddy
1821 · American founder of Christian Science

Roald Amundsen
1872 · Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

Ginger Rogers
1911 · American actress and dancer

Margaret Court
1942 · Australian tennis player
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 July 16, 1978
- What day of the week was July 16, 1978?
- July 16, 1978 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 16, 1978?
- Someone born on July 16, 1978 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 16, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 16, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on July 16, 1978?
- Someone born on July 16, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,644 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 16, 1978?
- On July 16, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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