A Tuesday
Born on May 12, 1959?
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
Tuesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
67 years
Famous people born on May 12, 1959
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Christian Bach
May 9 · Argentine-born Mexican actress (1959-2019)
János Áder
May 9 · President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022 (born 1959)
Jean-Marie Benoît Balla
May 10 · Cameroonian Catholic bishop (1959-2017)
Patrick Bruel
May 14 · French recording artist; actor and singer (born 1959)
Marcel Coraș
May 14 · Romanian footballer
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Markus Büchel
May 14 · 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1959-2013)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 12, 1959 was a Tuesday. Someone born on May 12, 1959 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 12, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,649 days. People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 12
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.
Augustus II the Strong
1670 · King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony
Justus von Liebig
1803 · German chemist
Florence Nightingale
1820 · English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing
Gabriel Fauré
1845 · French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
Katharine Hepburn
1907 · American actress
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910 · British chemist
George Carlin
1937 · American stand-up comedian
Jonah Lomu
1975 · New Zealand rugby union player
Gift ideas for someone born in 1959
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 68
- “Born in 1959” gifts
- Wine from 1959
- Books about 1959
- A newspaper from 1959
- Coin set from 1959
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Questions about May 12, 1959
- What day of the week was May 12, 1959?
- May 12, 1959 was a Tuesday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 12, 1959?
- Someone born on May 12, 1959 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 12, 1959?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 12, 1959 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
- How old is someone born on May 12, 1959?
- Someone born on May 12, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,649 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1959?
- People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 12, 1959?
- On May 12, 1959 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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