A Wednesday
Born on December 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
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
70 years
Famous people born on December 21, 1955
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 21, 1955 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 21, 1955 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1955 is 70 years old today and has lived about 25,887 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on December 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter

Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history

Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman

Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician

Thomas Sankara
1949 · President of Burkina Faso from to

Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete
Gift ideas for someone born in 1955
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 71
- “Born in 1955” gifts
- Wine from 1955
- Books about 1955
- A newspaper from 1955
- Coin set from 1955
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Questions about December 21, 1955
- What day of the week was December 21, 1955?
- December 21, 1955 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1955?
- Someone born on December 21, 1955 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1955?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
- How old is someone born on December 21, 1955?
- Someone born on December 21, 1955 is 70 years old today and has lived about 25,887 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1955?
- People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 21, 1955?
- On December 21, 1955 the moon was a First Quarter.
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