What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 23, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 23, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 23, 1973?

On May 23, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Wednesday

Born on May 23, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on May 23, 1973

Yifat Shasha-Biton

Israeli politician

Born the same week

Vladimír Šmicer

May 24 · Czech association football player

Ruslana Lyzhychko

May 24 · Ukrainian singer

Jill Johnson

May 24 · Swedish country and schlager singer

Nathacha Appanah

May 24 · Mauritian-French author

Al-Saadi Gaddafi

May 25 · third son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

What happened that week

Skylab 2 (Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, Joseph Kerwin) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched Skylab space station.
Héctor José Cámpora becomes democratic president of the Argentine Republic ending the 1966 to 1973 Revolución Argentina military dictatorship.
Second Cod War: Joseph Godber, British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announces that Royal Navy frigates will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed limit around Iceland.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

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🎵 No. 1 song

May 23, 1973 was a Wednesday. Someone born on May 23, 1973 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 23, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,524 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on May 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Bardeen
1908 · American physicist and engineer

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Questions about May 23, 1973

What day of the week was May 23, 1973?: May 23, 1973 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on May 23, 1973?: Someone born on May 23, 1973 is a Gemini.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 23, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 23, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on May 23, 1973?: Someone born on May 23, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,524 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1973?: People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 23, 1973?: On May 23, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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