A Saturday
Born on December 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
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
76 years
Famous people born on December 24, 1949
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 24, 1949 was a Saturday. Someone born on December 24, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 24, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,075 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on December 24
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Selim III
1761 · 28th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Adam Mickiewicz
1798 · Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist

James Prescott Joule
1818 · English physicist and brewer

Charles Hermite
1822 · French mathematician

Howard Hughes
1905 · American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer
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 December 24, 1949
- What day of the week was December 24, 1949?
- December 24, 1949 was a Saturday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 24, 1949?
- Someone born on December 24, 1949 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 24, 1949?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 24, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
- How old is someone born on December 24, 1949?
- Someone born on December 24, 1949 is 76 years old today and has lived about 28,075 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1949?
- People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 24, 1949?
- On December 24, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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