A Thursday
Born on December 26, 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
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Wood Tiger
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
51 years
Famous people born on December 26, 1974
Edward Omane Boamah
Ghanaian politician (1974–2025)
Gabriel Álvez
Uruguayan football player
Álvaro Adrián Núñez
Uruguayan association football player
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 26, 1974 was a Thursday. Someone born on December 26, 1974 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 26, 1974 is 51 years old today and has lived about 18,942 days. People born in 1974 belong to Generation X.
Also born on December 26
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Babbage
1791 · English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer

Mao Zedong
1893 · 1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China

Alejo Carpanter
1904 · Cuban-French writer and musicologist
Gift ideas for someone born in 1974
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 52
- “Born in 1974” gifts
- Wine from 1974
- Books about 1974
- A newspaper from 1974
- Coin set from 1974
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Questions about December 26, 1974
- What day of the week was December 26, 1974?
- December 26, 1974 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 26, 1974?
- Someone born on December 26, 1974 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 26, 1974?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 26, 1974 falls in the year of the Wood Tiger.
- How old is someone born on December 26, 1974?
- Someone born on December 26, 1974 is 51 years old today and has lived about 18,942 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1974?
- People born in 1974 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 26, 1974?
- On December 26, 1974 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.
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