A Monday
Born on December 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
Monday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Earth Pig
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
66 years
Famous people born on December 21, 1959

Florence Griffith Joyner
American track and field athlete (1959-1998)
Alireza Arafi
Iranian cleric
Michael Spindelegger
Austrian lawyer and politician
Maximino Caballero Ledo
Spanish economist
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 21, 1959 was a Monday. Someone born on December 21, 1959 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1959 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,426 days. People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on December 21
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter

Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history

Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman

Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician

Thomas Sankara
1949 · President of Burkina Faso from to
Gift ideas for someone born in 1959
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 67
- “Born in 1959” gifts
- Wine from 1959
- Books about 1959
- A newspaper from 1959
- Coin set from 1959
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Questions about December 21, 1959
- What day of the week was December 21, 1959?
- December 21, 1959 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1959?
- Someone born on December 21, 1959 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1959?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1959 falls in the year of the Earth Pig.
- How old is someone born on December 21, 1959?
- Someone born on December 21, 1959 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,426 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1959?
- People born in 1959 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 21, 1959?
- On December 21, 1959 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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