A Thursday
Born on August 6, 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
Leo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
67 years
Famous people born on August 6, 1959
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 6, 1959 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 6, 1959 is a Leo. Someone born on August 6, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,563 days. People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on August 6
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Friedrich List
1789 · German economist

Alexander Fleming
1881 · Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate

Lucille Ball
1911 · American actress

Andy Warhol
1928 · American artist, film director, and producer
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 August 6, 1959
- What day of the week was August 6, 1959?
- August 6, 1959 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 6, 1959?
- Someone born on August 6, 1959 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 6, 1959?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 6, 1959 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
- How old is someone born on August 6, 1959?
- Someone born on August 6, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,563 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1959?
- People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 6, 1959?
- On August 6, 1959 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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