A Wednesday
Born on September 16, 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
Wednesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
67 years
Famous people born on September 16, 1959
Aleksandrs Obižajevs
Latvian pole vaulter
Aisha Jummai
Nigerian Politician, Public servant, Lawyer (1959–2021)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 16, 1959 was a Wednesday. Someone born on September 16, 1959 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 16, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,522 days. People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on September 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jiajing Emperor of Ming
1507 · Emperor of the Ming dynasty from to

Nadia Boulanger
1887 · French musician, conductor, and teacher

Kuan Yew Lee
1923 · 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
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 September 16, 1959
- What day of the week was September 16, 1959?
- September 16, 1959 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 16, 1959?
- Someone born on September 16, 1959 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 16, 1959?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 16, 1959 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
- How old is someone born on September 16, 1959?
- Someone born on September 16, 1959 is 67 years old today and has lived about 24,522 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1959?
- People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 16, 1959?
- On September 16, 1959 the moon was a Full Moon.
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