A Saturday
Born on May 18, 1974?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Saturday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Wood Tiger
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
52 years
Famous people born on May 18, 1974
Mark Burton
New Zealand association footballer
Daniel Hasler
Liechtenstein footballer (born 1974)
Ikke Nurjanah
Indonesian singer and actress
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 18, 1974 was a Saturday. Someone born on May 18, 1974 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 18, 1974 is 52 years old today and has lived about 19,164 days. People born in 1974 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Nicholas II of Russia
1868 · 14th and last Emperor of Russia

Bertrand Russell
1872 · British philosopher and logician

Walter Gropius
1883 · German-American architect

Frank Capra
1897 · Italian-born American film director

John Paul II
1920 · pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Gift ideas for someone born in 1974
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 53
- “Born in 1974” gifts
- Wine from 1974
- Books about 1974
- A newspaper from 1974
- Coin set from 1974
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Questions about May 18, 1974
- What day of the week was May 18, 1974?
- May 18, 1974 was a Saturday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 18, 1974?
- Someone born on May 18, 1974 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1974?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1974 falls in the year of the Wood Tiger.
- How old is someone born on May 18, 1974?
- Someone born on May 18, 1974 is 52 years old today and has lived about 19,164 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1974?
- People born in 1974 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 18, 1974?
- On May 18, 1974 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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