A Friday
Born on May 18, 1979?
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
Friday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
47 years
Famous people born on May 18, 1979
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 18, 1979 was a Friday. Someone born on May 18, 1979 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 18, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,338 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
Also born on May 18
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Nicholas II of Russia
1868 · 14th and last Emperor of Russia

Bertrand Russell
1872 · British philosopher and logician

Walter Gropius
1883 · German-American architect

Frank Capra
1897 · Italian-born American film director

John Paul II
1920 · pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Gift ideas for someone born in 1979
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 48
- “Born in 1979” gifts
- Wine from 1979
- Books about 1979
- A newspaper from 1979
- Coin set from 1979
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Questions about May 18, 1979
- What day of the week was May 18, 1979?
- May 18, 1979 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 18, 1979?
- Someone born on May 18, 1979 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 18, 1979?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 18, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
- How old is someone born on May 18, 1979?
- Someone born on May 18, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,338 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1979?
- People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 18, 1979?
- On May 18, 1979 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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