What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 9, 1961?

On May 9, 1961 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on May 9, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on May 9, 1961

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

George Clooney

May 6 · American-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

Frans Timmermans

May 6 · Dutch politician (born 1961)

David Choquehuanca

May 7 · vice president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025

Andrea Pollack

May 8 · East German swimmer

Cecile Licad

May 11 · Filipina classical pianist

What happened that day

In a speech on "Television and the Public Interest" to the National Association of Broadcasters in the United States, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow describes commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland".

Also that week

British intelligence officer George Blake is sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for spying, having been found guilty of being a double agent in the pay of the Soviet Union, the longest non-life sentence ever handed down by a British court.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. becomes the first team in the 20th century to win the English league and cup double. , this is the last time Tottenham have won the English League.
Mercury program: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
U.S. Freedom Riders begin interstate bus rides, to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision.
Civil rights movement: A Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob of Ku Klux Klan members.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Runaway

Del Shannon

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🎵 No. 1 song

May 9, 1961 was a Tuesday. Someone born on May 9, 1961 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 9, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,921 days. People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on May 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gaspard Monge
1746 · French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry

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Questions about May 9, 1961

What day of the week was May 9, 1961?: May 9, 1961 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on May 9, 1961?: Someone born on May 9, 1961 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on May 9, 1961?: Someone born on May 9, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,921 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 9, 1961?: On May 9, 1961 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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