A Wednesday
Born on November 16, 1977?
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
Wednesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Fire Snake
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on November 16, 1977
Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1977)
Oksana Baiul
Ukrainian figure skater
Maxim Staviski
figure skater
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
November 16, 1977 was a Wednesday. Someone born on November 16, 1977 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 16, 1977 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,886 days. People born in 1977 belong to Generation X.
Also born on November 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
1717 · French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist

Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 · first President of Nigeria

José Saramago
1922 · Portuguese novelist

Chinua Achebe
1930 · Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

Shigeru Miyamoto
1952 · Japanese video game designer (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1977
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 49
- “Born in 1977” gifts
- Wine from 1977
- Books about 1977
- A newspaper from 1977
- Coin set from 1977
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Questions about November 16, 1977
- What day of the week was November 16, 1977?
- November 16, 1977 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on November 16, 1977?
- Someone born on November 16, 1977 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 16, 1977?
- In the Chinese zodiac, November 16, 1977 falls in the year of the Fire Snake.
- How old is someone born on November 16, 1977?
- Someone born on November 16, 1977 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,886 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1977?
- People born in 1977 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for November?
- The birthstone for November is topaz.
- What was the moon phase on November 16, 1977?
- On November 16, 1977 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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