What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 11, 1978?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 11, 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 11, 1978?

On May 11, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on May 11, 1978?

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

Famous people born on May 11, 1978

Laetitia Casta

French actress and model

Vidas Ginevičius

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1978)

Judy Ann Santos

Filipino actress, media personality, chef and singer

Born the same week

Bebe

May 9 · Spanish singer

Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

May 10 · Moroccan royal

Lidia Kopania

May 12 · Polish singer

What happened that week

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.
In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, is found in a red Renault 4.
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.
Charlie Chaplin's coffin is found some from the cemetery from which it was stolen, near Lake Geneva.

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 11, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 11, 1978 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 11, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,710 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.

Also born on May 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Irving Berlin
1888 · American composer and lyricist
Martha Graham
1894 · American dancer and choreographer
Salvador Dalí
1904 · Spanish artist
Mikhail Sholokhov
1905 · Soviet writer
Richard Feynman
1918 · American theoretical physicist
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 · Dutch computer scientist

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Questions about May 11, 1978

What day of the week was May 11, 1978?: May 11, 1978 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on May 11, 1978?: Someone born on May 11, 1978 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 11, 1978?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 11, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on May 11, 1978?: Someone born on May 11, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,710 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 11, 1978?: On May 11, 1978 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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