A Monday
Born on May 17, 1976?
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
Monday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
50 years
Famous people born on May 17, 1976
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 17, 1976 was a Monday. Someone born on May 17, 1976 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 17, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,434 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 17
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Edward Jenner
1749 · English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination
Gift ideas for someone born in 1976
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Questions about May 17, 1976
- What day of the week was May 17, 1976?
- May 17, 1976 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 17, 1976?
- Someone born on May 17, 1976 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 17, 1976?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 17, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
- How old is someone born on May 17, 1976?
- Someone born on May 17, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,434 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 17, 1976?
- On May 17, 1976 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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