What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 18, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 18, 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 18, 1973?

On July 18, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on July 18, 1973?

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

Famous people born on July 18, 1973

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

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

Nelson Abeijón

July 21 · Uruguayan footballer

Berhane Adere

July 21 · Ethiopian long-distance runner

Alexandre Comisetti

July 21 · Swiss footballer

What happened that week

King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
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.
The Avianca Building in Bogotá, Colombia, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Orly, France; 123 people are killed.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

🎵 No. 1 song

July 18, 1973 was a Wednesday. Someone born on July 18, 1973 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 18, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,468 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Robert Hooke
1635 · English natural philosopher, architect and polymath
W. G. Grace
1848 · English amateur cricketer
Hendrik Lorentz
1853 · Dutch physicist
Nelson Mandela
1918 · President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist
Hunter S. Thompson
1937 · American journalist and author

Questions about July 18, 1973

What day of the week was July 18, 1973?: July 18, 1973 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on July 18, 1973?: Someone born on July 18, 1973 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 18, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 18, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on July 18, 1973?: Someone born on July 18, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,468 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 18, 1973?: On July 18, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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