June 23rd, 1978

Born on June 23rd, 1978

Weekday

Friday

June 23rd, 1978 was a Friday.

Age

People born on June 23rd, 1978 turned 48 this year (2026).

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1978 - July 22nd, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 462 days, exactly on October 4th, 2027, people who were born on June 23rd, 1978 will be 18,000 days old!

17,538 Days

2,505 Weeks

576 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Born on June 23rd, 1978: When to retire?

Birth

67 80

Childhood & Education 20 Years

Work 47 Years

Retirement 13 Years

19 more years of work

You have already worked for 28 years so far and have still 19 years of hard work to come until you can retire in 2045 at the age of 67.

What happened on June 23rd?

June 23rd, 2016

Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the European Union.

June 23rd, 2014

Under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 2118, the last of Syria's declared chemical weapons were shipped out for destruction.

June 23rd, 1992

Croatian War of Independence: The Battle of the Miljevci Plateau ended after a failed counterattack by forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina against the Croatian Army who had captured the plateau.

June 23rd, 1991

The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America.

June 23rd, 1985

A bomb attributed to the Sikh separatist group Babbar Khalsa destroyed Air India Flight 182 above the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 on board.

June 23rd, 1982

Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U.S., by two automotive workers who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.

June 23rd, 1973

The Los Angeles Dodgers started Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell in the infield, beginning a record eight-year run in Major League Baseball for four people designated as starters for those positions.

June 23rd, 1972

President Richard Nixon signed Title IX (co-author Patsy Mink pictured) into law as part of the Education Amendments, prohibiting gender discrimination in any educational program receiving U.S. federal funds.

June 23rd, 1956

In a nationwide referendum, Gamal Abdel Nasser (pictured) was elected President of Egypt, a post he held until his death in 1970.

June 23rd, 1944

The Holocaust: After a closely supervised visit to Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Red Cross official Maurice Rossel reported that conditions there were "almost normal".

June 23rd, 1926

The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.

June 23rd, 1894

Led by French historian Pierre de Coubertin (pictured), an international congress at the Sorbonne in Paris formed the International Olympic Committee to revive the ancient Olympic Games.

June 23rd, 1887

The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park (pictured) in Alberta as the country's first national park.

June 23rd, 1865

Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces.

June 23rd, 1797

War of the First Coalition: Napoleon signed the Armistice of Bologna, agreeing a ceasefire between France and the Papal States.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 23rd

Born on June 23rd, 1978

Same year
Born in 1978

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and former player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog Municipality

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

Jamie Carragher

English associiation football player and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

Stana Katic

Canadian actress

*April 26th, 1978, Hamilton

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

John Legend

American singer-songwriter

*December 28th, 1978, Springfield

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] , Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations) which are celebrated on June 23rd.

Bonfires of Saint John (Spain)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogueras_de_Alicante

First night of Festa de São João do Porto (Porto)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festa_de_São_João_do_Porto

First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golowan_Festival

Jaaniõhtu (Estonia)

Jāņi (Latvia)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jāņi

Kupala Night (Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupala_Night

Last day of Drăgaica fair (Buzău, Romania)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drăgaica_fair

United Nations Public Service Day (International)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Public_Service_Day

Victory Day (Estonia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Võidupüha

Bonfires of Saint John (Spain)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogueres_d'Alacant

First night of Festa de São João do Porto (Porto)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festa_de_São_João_do_Porto

First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golowan_Festival

Jaaniõhtu (Estonia)

Jāņi (Latvia)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jāņi

Kupala Night (Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupala_Night

Last day of Drăgaica fair (Buzău, Romania)

Saint John's Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drăgaica_fair