A Sunday
Born on May 2, 1948?
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
Earth Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on May 2, 1948
Joachim Mattern
East German canoe racer
Murad Ebrahim
Filipino politician
Magool
Somalian musician (1948–2004)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 2, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on May 2, 1948 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,676 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Catherine II of Russia
1729 · eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. – (lived - )

Theodor Herzl
1860 · father of modern political Zionism

Satyajit Ray
1921 · Indian filmmaker and writer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1948
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 79
- “Born in 1948” gifts
- Wine from 1948
- Books about 1948
- A newspaper from 1948
- Coin set from 1948
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Questions about May 2, 1948
- What day of the week was May 2, 1948?
- May 2, 1948 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 2, 1948?
- Someone born on May 2, 1948 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on May 2, 1948?
- Someone born on May 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,676 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 2, 1948?
- On May 2, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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