What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 21, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 21, 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 21, 1973?

On July 21, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on July 21, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on July 21, 1973

Nelson Abeijón

Uruguayan footballer

Berhane Adere

Ethiopian long-distance runner

Alexandre Comisetti

Swiss footballer

Born the same week

Roberto Orci

July 20 · American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)

Haakon VIII of Norway

July 20 · King of Norway since 2026

Monica Lewinsky

July 23 · American activist and writer (born 1973)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 21, 1973 was a Saturday. Someone born on July 21, 1973 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 21, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,465 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ernest Hemingway
1899 · American author and journalist
Marshall McLuhan
1911 · Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar

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Questions about July 21, 1973

What day of the week was July 21, 1973?: July 21, 1973 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on July 21, 1973?: Someone born on July 21, 1973 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 21, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 21, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on July 21, 1973?: Someone born on July 21, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,465 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 21, 1973?: On July 21, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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