A Sunday
Born on December 31, 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
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
47 years
Famous people born on December 31, 1978
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 31, 1978 was a Sunday. Someone born on December 31, 1978 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 31, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,476 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
Also born on December 31
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques Cartier
1491 · Breton maritime explorer of North America

Andreas Vesalius
1514 · Flemish anatomist, physician and author

Isma'il Pasha
1830 · Khedive of Egypt from to

Henri Matisse
1869 · French artist

George Marshall
1880 · American army officer and statesman

Umm Kulthum
1898 · Egyptian singer and actress
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 31, 1978
- What day of the week was December 31, 1978?
- December 31, 1978 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 31, 1978?
- Someone born on December 31, 1978 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 31, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 31, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on December 31, 1978?
- Someone born on December 31, 1978 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,476 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 31, 1978?
- On December 31, 1978 the moon was a New Moon.
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