What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 17, 1973?

On July 17, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on July 17, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on July 17, 1973

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Halil Mutlu

July 14 · Turkish weightlifter (born 1973)

Emilija Redžepi

July 15 · Kosovar politician (* 1973)

Roberto Orci

July 20 · American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)

Haakon VIII of Norway

July 20 · King of Norway since 2026

Monkhaen Kaenkoon

July 20 · Thai male singer

Peter Forsberg

July 20 · Swedish ice hockey player

What happened that day

King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.

Also that week

Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
Lillehammer affair: Agents of Mossad, the Israeli secret intelligence agency, shoot and kill a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, mistakenly believing him to be a senior member of the Palestinian Black September Organization.
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Orly, France; 123 people are killed.
The Avianca Building in Bogotá, Colombia, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 17, 1973 was a Tuesday. Someone born on July 17, 1973 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 17, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,469 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ismail I
1487 · founder and first shah of Safavid Iran
Georges Lemaître
1894 · Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest
Angela Merkel
1954 · chancellor of Germany from to (born )
Wong Kar-wai
1958 · Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born )

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Questions about July 17, 1973

What day of the week was July 17, 1973?: July 17, 1973 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on July 17, 1973?: Someone born on July 17, 1973 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on July 17, 1973?: Someone born on July 17, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,469 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1973?: People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 17, 1973?: On July 17, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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