A Thursday
Born on May 2, 1968?
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
Taurus
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Earth Monkey
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
58 years
Famous people born on May 2, 1968
Jeff Agoos
American soccer player
Miriam Gallardo
Peruvian volleyball player
Ziana Zain
Malaysian singer and actress
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 2, 1968 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 2, 1968 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 2, 1968 is 58 years old today and has lived about 21,371 days. People born in 1968 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Catherine II of Russia
1729 · eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. – (lived - )

Theodor Herzl
1860 · father of modern political Zionism

Satyajit Ray
1921 · Indian filmmaker and writer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1968
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 59
- “Born in 1968” gifts
- Wine from 1968
- Books about 1968
- A newspaper from 1968
- Coin set from 1968
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Questions about May 2, 1968
- What day of the week was May 2, 1968?
- May 2, 1968 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 2, 1968?
- Someone born on May 2, 1968 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1968?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1968 falls in the year of the Earth Monkey.
- How old is someone born on May 2, 1968?
- Someone born on May 2, 1968 is 58 years old today and has lived about 21,371 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1968?
- People born in 1968 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 2, 1968?
- On May 2, 1968 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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