A Wednesday
Born on November 16, 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
Wednesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
76 years
Famous people born on November 16, 1949
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Kęstutis Šapka
November 15 · Lithuanian high jumper
Arlindo Gomes Furtado
November 15 · Cape Verdean Catholic cardinal (born 1949)
Kembo Mohadi
November 15 · Minister in the cabinet of Zimbabwe (born 1949)
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
November 17 · Prime Minister of Vietnam
Michael Wenden
November 17 · Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Ahmad Zaki
November 18 · Egyptian actor (1946–2005)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
November 16, 1949 was a Wednesday. Someone born on November 16, 1949 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 16, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,113 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on November 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
1717 · French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist

Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 · first President of Nigeria

José Saramago
1922 · Portuguese novelist

Chinua Achebe
1930 · Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

Shigeru Miyamoto
1952 · Japanese video game designer (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1949
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 77
- “Born in 1949” gifts
- Wine from 1949
- Books about 1949
- A newspaper from 1949
- Coin set from 1949
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Questions about November 16, 1949
- What day of the week was November 16, 1949?
- November 16, 1949 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on November 16, 1949?
- Someone born on November 16, 1949 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1949?
- In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
- How old is someone born on November 16, 1949?
- Someone born on November 16, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,113 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1949?
- People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for November?
- The birthstone for November is topaz.
- What was the moon phase on November 16, 1949?
- On November 16, 1949 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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