A Sunday
Born on May 18, 1947?
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
Taurus
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
79 years
Famous people born on May 18, 1947
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 18, 1947 was a Sunday. Someone born on May 18, 1947 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 18, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,026 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Nicholas II of Russia
1868 · 14th and last Emperor of Russia

Bertrand Russell
1872 · British philosopher and logician

Walter Gropius
1883 · German-American architect

Frank Capra
1897 · Italian-born American film director

John Paul II
1920 · pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Gift ideas for someone born in 1947
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 80
- “Born in 1947” gifts
- Wine from 1947
- Books about 1947
- A newspaper from 1947
- Coin set from 1947
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Questions about May 18, 1947
- What day of the week was May 18, 1947?
- May 18, 1947 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 18, 1947?
- Someone born on May 18, 1947 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1947?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on May 18, 1947?
- Someone born on May 18, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,026 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1947?
- People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 18, 1947?
- On May 18, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.
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