What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 23, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 23, 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 23, 1973?

On July 23, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Monday

Born on July 23, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on July 23, 1973

Monica Lewinsky

American activist and writer (born 1973)

Andrius Giedraitis

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1973)

Born the same week

Roberto Orci

July 20 · American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)

Igli Tare

July 25 · Albanian footballer

Yōichi Doi

July 25 · Japanese association football player

Kate Beckinsale

July 26 · English actress (born 1973)

What happened that day

The Avianca Building in Bogotá, Colombia, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed.

Also that week

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 Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand.
Skylab 3 (Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Alan Bean) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard Skylab.
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 23, 1973 was a Monday. Someone born on July 23, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on July 23, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,463 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on July 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
1856 · Indian nationalist leader, writer and journalist
Raymond Chandler
1888 · American novelist and screenwriter
Haile Selassie I
1892 · Emperor of Ethiopia from to

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Questions about July 23, 1973

What day of the week was July 23, 1973?: July 23, 1973 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on July 23, 1973?: Someone born on July 23, 1973 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 23, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 23, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on July 23, 1973?: Someone born on July 23, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,463 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 23, 1973?: On July 23, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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