What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 8, 1976?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 8, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 8, 1976?

On May 8, 1976 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on May 8, 1976?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
50 years

Famous people born on May 8, 1976

Martha Wainwright

Canadian-American singer-songwriter

Vladimir Stepania

Georgian basketball player (born 1976)

Edward Weah Dixon

footballer

Born the same week

Juan Pablo Sorín

May 5 · Argentine footballer

Denny Landzaat

May 6 · Dutch footballer (born 1976)

Ayelet Shaked

May 7 · Israeli politician, activist and engineer (born 1976)

What happened that week

Ulrike Meinhof of the Red Army Faction is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell.
An earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless.
U.S. President Gerald Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act.
An accident involving a tanker truck carrying anhydrous ammonia takes place in Houston, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 7 people.
The first LAGEOS (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
A train crash in Schiedam, the Netherlands, kills 24 people.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Welcome Back

John Sebastian

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🎵 No. 1 song

May 8, 1976 was a Saturday. Someone born on May 8, 1976 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 8, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,443 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.

Also born on May 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Edward Gibbon
1737 · English historian and politician
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
1753 · Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
Henry Dunant
1828 · Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross
Harry S. Truman
1884 · president of the United States from to ; politician
Friedrich Hayek
1899 · Austrian and British economist
Robert Johnson
1911 · American blues singer and guitarist
David Attenborough
1926 · British broadcaster and naturalist (born )

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Questions about May 8, 1976

What day of the week was May 8, 1976?: May 8, 1976 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on May 8, 1976?: Someone born on May 8, 1976 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 8, 1976?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 8, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
How old is someone born on May 8, 1976?: Someone born on May 8, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,443 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1976?: People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 8, 1976?: On May 8, 1976 the moon was a First Quarter.

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