A Monday
Born on July 5, 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
Monday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on July 5, 1948
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 5, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on July 5, 1948 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 5, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,612 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on July 5
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cecil John Rhodes
1853 · British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa

Jean Cocteau
1889 · French writer and film director
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 July 5, 1948
- What day of the week was July 5, 1948?
- July 5, 1948 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 5, 1948?
- Someone born on July 5, 1948 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 5, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 5, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on July 5, 1948?
- Someone born on July 5, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,612 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 5, 1948?
- On July 5, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.
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