A Thursday
Born on December 21, 1972?
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
Sagittarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
53 years
Famous people born on December 21, 1972
Erwin Schrott
Uruguayan opera singer
Claudia Maria Poll
Costa Rican swimmer
Washington Tais
Uruguayan footballer
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 21, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on December 21, 1972 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1972 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,677 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
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

Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete
Gift ideas for someone born in 1972
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 54
- “Born in 1972” gifts
- Wine from 1972
- Books about 1972
- A newspaper from 1972
- Coin set from 1972
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Questions about December 21, 1972
- What day of the week was December 21, 1972?
- December 21, 1972 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1972?
- Someone born on December 21, 1972 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1972?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
- How old is someone born on December 21, 1972?
- Someone born on December 21, 1972 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,677 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1972?
- People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 21, 1972?
- On December 21, 1972 the moon was a Full Moon.
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