A Thursday
Born on May 24, 1973?
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
Gemini
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years
Famous people born on May 24, 1973
Vladimír Šmicer
Czech association football player
Ruslana Lyzhychko
Ukrainian singer
Jill Johnson
Swedish country and schlager singer
Nathacha Appanah
Mauritian-French author
Karim Alami
Moroccan tennis player
Bartolo Colón
Dominican professional baseball pitcher
Ramón Ortiz
Dominican Republic baseball player
Ville Peltonen
Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Myo Hlaing Win
Myanmar footballer and manager
Mwape Miti
Zambian footballer
Dannes Coronel
Ecuadorian footballer (1973–2020)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 24, 1973 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 24, 1973 is a Gemini. Someone born on May 24, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,523 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 24
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Gilbert
1544 · English physician, physicist and natural philosopher

George III of Great Britain
1738 · King of Great Britain and Ireland from to

Jean-Paul Marat
1743 · politician and journalist during the French Revolution

Victoria
1819 · Queen of the United Kingdom from to

Ne Win
1911 · Military leader and head of state of Burma from to

Joseph Brodsky
1940 · Russian-American poet, essayist, and Nobel laureate

Bob Dylan
1941 · American singer-songwriter (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1973
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 54
- “Born in 1973” gifts
- Wine from 1973
- Books about 1973
- A newspaper from 1973
- Coin set from 1973
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Questions about May 24, 1973
- What day of the week was May 24, 1973?
- May 24, 1973 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 24, 1973?
- Someone born on May 24, 1973 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 24, 1973?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 24, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
- How old is someone born on May 24, 1973?
- Someone born on May 24, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,523 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 24, 1973?
- On May 24, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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