What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 2, 1949?

On May 2, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Monday

Born on May 2, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on May 2, 1949

Zdenko Verdenik

Slovenian football manager

Walter Corbo

Uruguayan footballer

Born the same week

Haroun Kabadi

April 29 · Chadian politician

António Guterres

April 30 · Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

Fayez al-Tarawneh

May 1 · Jordanian politician (1949-2021)

Leopoldo Luque

May 3 · Argentine footballer (1949–2021)

What happened that week

Nereid, a moon of Neptune, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
Superga air disaster: A Fiat G.212 airliner of Avio Linee Italiane, carrying the entire Torino F.C. football team, crashes into the back wall of the Basilica of Superga, killing all 31 on board.
The Council of Europe is founded, by the signing of the Treaty of London.
The 1949 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference issues the London Declaration, enabling India (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth' (held by the ruling British monarch), and renaming the organization, from the 'British Commonwealth' to the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
EDSAC, the first practicable stored-program computer, runs its first program at Cambridge University.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

May 2, 1949 was a Monday. Someone born on May 2, 1949 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 2, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,311 days. People born in 1949 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

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Questions about May 2, 1949

What day of the week was May 2, 1949?: May 2, 1949 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on May 2, 1949?: Someone born on May 2, 1949 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on May 2, 1949?: Someone born on May 2, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,311 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 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, 1949?: On May 2, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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