A Thursday
Born on May 21, 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
Thursday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
67 years
Famous people born on May 21, 1959
Born the same week
Edmond Brahimaj
May 19 · Albanian religious leader
Juan Carlos Letelier
May 20 · Chilean footballer
Morrissey
May 22 · British singer and songwriter
David Blatt
May 22 · Israeli American basketball player, coach and executive
Prithvirajsing Roopun
May 24 · Former president of Mauritius since 2019 to December 2024
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 21, 1959 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 21, 1959 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 21, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,640 days. People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on May 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Philip II of Spain
1527 · King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived -

Alexander Pope
1688 · English poet

Henri Rousseau
1844 · French painter

Andrei Sakharov
1921 · Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist
Questions about May 21, 1959
- What day of the week was May 21, 1959?
- May 21, 1959 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 21, 1959?
- Someone born on May 21, 1959 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 21, 1959?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 21, 1959 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
- How old is someone born on May 21, 1959?
- Someone born on May 21, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,640 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 21, 1959?
- On May 21, 1959 the moon was a Full Moon.
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