A Thursday
Born on May 23, 1946?
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
Thursday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
80 years
Famous people born on May 23, 1946
Born the same week
Cher
May 20 · American musician, singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)
George Best
May 22 · Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005)
Lyudmila Zhuravlyova
May 22 · Ukrainian astronomer
Tansu Çiller
May 24 · Turkish politician, who has been the first female and 22nd prime minister of the country
Radwa Ashour
May 26 · Egyptian novelist
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 23, 1946 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 23, 1946 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 23, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,386 days. People born in 1946 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Bardeen
1908 · American physicist and engineer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1946
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 81
- “Born in 1946” gifts
- Wine from 1946
- Books about 1946
- A newspaper from 1946
- Coin set from 1946
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Questions about May 23, 1946
- What day of the week was May 23, 1946?
- May 23, 1946 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 23, 1946?
- Someone born on May 23, 1946 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 23, 1946?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 23, 1946 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
- How old is someone born on May 23, 1946?
- Someone born on May 23, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,386 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1946?
- People born in 1946 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 23, 1946?
- On May 23, 1946 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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