A Saturday
Born on December 31, 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
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
70 years
Famous people born on December 31, 1955
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Christine Lagarde
January 1 · President of the European Central Bank
Sergey Avdeyev
January 1 · Soviet and Russian cosmonaut
Raja'a Alem
January 1 · novelist
Mahsum Korkmaz
January 1 · PKK military commander (1956-1986)
Hend Al-Mansour
January 1 · Saudia visual artist
Mel Gibson
January 3 · American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 31, 1955 was a Saturday. Someone born on December 31, 1955 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 31, 1955 is 70 years old today and has lived about 25,877 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on December 31
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques Cartier
1491 · Breton maritime explorer of North America

Andreas Vesalius
1514 · Flemish anatomist, physician and author

Isma'il Pasha
1830 · Khedive of Egypt from to

Henri Matisse
1869 · French artist

George Marshall
1880 · American army officer and statesman

Umm Kulthum
1898 · Egyptian singer and actress
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 31, 1955
- What day of the week was December 31, 1955?
- December 31, 1955 was a Saturday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 31, 1955?
- Someone born on December 31, 1955 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 31, 1955?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 31, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
- How old is someone born on December 31, 1955?
- Someone born on December 31, 1955 is 70 years old today and has lived about 25,877 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 31, 1955?
- On December 31, 1955 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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