What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 19, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 19, 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 19, 1973?

On July 19, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on July 19, 1973?

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

Famous people born on July 19, 1973

Diether Ocampo

Filipino model, actor and singer

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

Rufus Wainwright

July 22 · American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer

What happened that week

France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
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.
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.
The Avianca Building in Bogotá, Colombia, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.
The Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 19, 1973 was a Thursday. Someone born on July 19, 1973 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 19, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,467 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 19

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Edgar Degas
1834 · French Impressionist artist
Vladimir Mayakovsky
1893 · Russian and Soviet poet

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Questions about July 19, 1973

What day of the week was July 19, 1973?: July 19, 1973 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on July 19, 1973?: Someone born on July 19, 1973 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 19, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 19, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on July 19, 1973?: Someone born on July 19, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,467 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 19, 1973?: On July 19, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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