A Wednesday
Born on December 27, 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
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
47 years
Famous people born on December 27, 1978
Born the same week
Yıldıray Baştürk
December 24 · Turkish association football player (born 1978)
Souleymane Diawara
December 24 · Senegalese and French footballer
Paula Seling
December 25 · Romanian singer, celebrity
Özgü Namal
December 28 · Turkish actor (born 1978)
Alexis Amore
December 29 · pornographic performer (b. 1978)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 27, 1978 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 27, 1978 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 27, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,480 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on December 27
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Johannes Kepler
1571 · German mathematician and astronomer

Mirza Ghalib
1797 · Indian poet

Louis Pasteur
1822 · French chemist and microbiologist

Marlene Dietrich
1901 · German and American actress and singer

Larisa Latynina
1934 · Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast and ballet dancer (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1978
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 48
- “Born in 1978” gifts
- Wine from 1978
- Books about 1978
- A newspaper from 1978
- Coin set from 1978
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Questions about December 27, 1978
- What day of the week was December 27, 1978?
- December 27, 1978 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 27, 1978?
- Someone born on December 27, 1978 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 27, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 27, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 27, 1978?
- Someone born on December 27, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,480 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 27, 1978?
- On December 27, 1978 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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