A Monday
Born on August 15, 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
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
71 years
Famous people born on August 15, 1955
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 15, 1955 was a Monday. Someone born on August 15, 1955 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,015 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 15
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in

Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright

Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist

Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter
Gift ideas for someone born in 1955
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 72
- “Born in 1955” gifts
- Wine from 1955
- Books about 1955
- A newspaper from 1955
- Coin set from 1955
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Questions about August 15, 1955
- What day of the week was August 15, 1955?
- August 15, 1955 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1955?
- Someone born on August 15, 1955 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1955?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
- How old is someone born on August 15, 1955?
- Someone born on August 15, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,015 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1955?
- People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 15, 1955?
- On August 15, 1955 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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