What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 19, 1955?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 19, 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 19, 1955?

On May 19, 1955 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on May 19, 1955?

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

Famous people born on May 19, 1955

James Gosling

Canadian computer scientist

Born the same week

Olga Korbut

May 16 · Belarusian gymnast (*1955)

Chow Yun-fat

May 18 · Hong Kong actor

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

Mary Black

May 22 · Irish singer

What happened that week

Free movement of residents between North and South Vietnam ends.
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).
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 19, 1955 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 19, 1955 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 19, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,103 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on May 19

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte
1762 · German philosopher
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
1881 · founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. – )
Mohammad Mosaddegh
1882 · former Prime Minister of Iran
Ho Chi Minh
1890 · Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam
Malcolm X
1925 · American Black rights activist
Pol Pot
1925 · former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

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Questions about May 19, 1955

What day of the week was May 19, 1955?: May 19, 1955 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on May 19, 1955?: Someone born on May 19, 1955 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 19, 1955?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 19, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
How old is someone born on May 19, 1955?: Someone born on May 19, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,103 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 19, 1955?: On May 19, 1955 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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