A Monday
Born on October 24, 1949?
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
Scorpio
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
77 years
Famous people born on October 24, 1949
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 24, 1949 was a Monday. Someone born on October 24, 1949 is a Scorpio. Someone born on October 24, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,136 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 24
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1632 · Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists

Rafael Trujillo
1891 · President of the Dominican Republic
Gift ideas for someone born in 1949
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 78
- “Born in 1949” gifts
- Wine from 1949
- Books about 1949
- A newspaper from 1949
- Coin set from 1949
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Questions about October 24, 1949
- What day of the week was October 24, 1949?
- October 24, 1949 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 24, 1949?
- Someone born on October 24, 1949 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 24, 1949?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 24, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
- How old is someone born on October 24, 1949?
- Someone born on October 24, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,136 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1949?
- People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 24, 1949?
- On October 24, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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