What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1978?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 9, 1978?

On May 9, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Tuesday

Born on May 9, 1978?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
48 years

Famous people born on May 9, 1978

Bebe

Spanish singer

Marwan al-Shehhi

9/11 hijacker (1978–2001)

Leandro Cufré

Argentine association football player and manager

Galib Jafarov

Kazakhstani boxer

What happened that day

In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, is found in a red Renault 4.

Also that week

Norway opens a natural gas field, in the Polar Sea.
Reinhold Messner (Italy) and Peter Habeler (Austria) make the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen.
Shaba II: In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.
13 – A group of mercenaries, led by Bob Denard, oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros; ten local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.
South African Border War: The Battle of Cassinga occurs in southern Angola.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

If I Can't Have You

Yvonne Elliman

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🎵 No. 1 song

May 9, 1978 was a Tuesday. Someone born on May 9, 1978 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 9, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,712 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.

Also born on May 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gaspard Monge
1746 · French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry

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Questions about May 9, 1978

What day of the week was May 9, 1978?: May 9, 1978 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on May 9, 1978?: Someone born on May 9, 1978 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 9, 1978?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 9, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on May 9, 1978?: Someone born on May 9, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,712 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1978?: People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 9, 1978?: On May 9, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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