A Sunday
Born on August 9, 1970?
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
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dog
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
56 years
Famous people born on August 9, 1970
Born the same week
M. Night Shyamalan
August 6 · American filmmaker (born 1970)
Yutaka Akita
August 6 · Japanese association football player and manager
José Francisco Molina
August 8 · Spanish footballer
Chester Williams
August 8 · South African rugby union footballer and coach (1970-2019)
Gianluca Pessotto
August 11 · Italian association football player
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
August 9, 1970 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 9, 1970 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1970 is 56 years old today and has lived about 20,542 days. People born in 1970 belong to Generation X.
Also born on August 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Dryden
1631 · 17th-century English poet and playwright

Amedeo Avogadro
1776 · Italian scientist

Jean Piaget
1896 · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic

Rod Laver
1938 · Australian tennis player
Gift ideas for someone born in 1970
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 57
- “Born in 1970” gifts
- Wine from 1970
- Books about 1970
- A newspaper from 1970
- Coin set from 1970
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Questions about August 9, 1970
- What day of the week was August 9, 1970?
- August 9, 1970 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1970?
- Someone born on August 9, 1970 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1970?
- In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1970 falls in the year of the Metal Dog.
- How old is someone born on August 9, 1970?
- Someone born on August 9, 1970 is 56 years old today and has lived about 20,542 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1970?
- People born in 1970 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for August?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- What was the moon phase on August 9, 1970?
- On August 9, 1970 the moon was a First Quarter.
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