What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1955?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 18, 1955?

On May 18, 1955 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on May 18, 1955?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
71 years

Famous people born on May 18, 1955

Chow Yun-fat

Hong Kong actor

Peeter Vähi

Estonian composer (born 1955)

Born the same week

Mohamed Brahmi

May 15 · Tunisian politician

Olga Korbut

May 16 · Belarusian gymnast (*1955)

Anton Corbijn

May 20 · Dutch film director, video director and photographer (born 1955)

Sergei Shoigu

May 21 · Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense minister

What happened that day

Free movement of residents between North and South Vietnam ends.

Also that week

The Austrian State Treaty, which restores Austria's national sovereignty, is concluded between the 4 occupying powers following World War II (the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France) and Austria, setting it up as a neutral country.
Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy become the first people to reach the summit of Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world, on the 1955 French Makalu expedition. The entire team of climbers reaches the summit over the next two days.
Eight Communist Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty in Warsaw, Poland, that is called the Warsaw Pact (it will be dissolved in 1991).
Japanese National Railways' ferry Shiun Maru sinks after a collision with sister ship Uko Maru, in thick fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku, in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan; 166 passengers (many children) and 2 crew members are killed. This event is influential in plans to construct the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (built 1986–98).
Joe Brown and George Band are the first to climb Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas, as part of the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

May 18, 1955 was a Wednesday. Someone born on May 18, 1955 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 18, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,104 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on May 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Nicholas II of Russia
1868 · 14th and last Emperor of Russia
Bertrand Russell
1872 · British philosopher and logician
Walter Gropius
1883 · German-American architect
Frank Capra
1897 · Italian-born American film director
John Paul II
1920 · pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author

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Questions about May 18, 1955

What day of the week was May 18, 1955?: May 18, 1955 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on May 18, 1955?: Someone born on May 18, 1955 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1955?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
How old is someone born on May 18, 1955?: Someone born on May 18, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,104 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1955?: People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 18, 1955?: On May 18, 1955 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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