A Friday
Born on October 21, 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
Friday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
71 years
Famous people born on October 21, 1955
Alberto Iglesias
Spanish composer
Umida Akhmedova
photographer
Ernest Spiteri Gonzi
Maltese footballer (born 1955)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 21, 1955 was a Friday. Someone born on October 21, 1955 is a Libra. Someone born on October 21, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 25,948 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772 · English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Alfred Nobel
1833 · Swedish chemist and inventor

Celia Cruz
1925 · Cuban singer

Ursula K. Le Guin
1929 · American fantasy and science fiction author

Benjamin Netanyahu
1949 · Prime Minister of Israel (born ),
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 October 21, 1955
- What day of the week was October 21, 1955?
- October 21, 1955 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 21, 1955?
- Someone born on October 21, 1955 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 21, 1955?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 21, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
- How old is someone born on October 21, 1955?
- Someone born on October 21, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 25,948 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1955?
- People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 21, 1955?
- On October 21, 1955 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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