A Monday
Born on July 9, 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
Monday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
47 years
Famous people born on July 9, 1979
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 9, 1979 was a Monday. Someone born on July 9, 1979 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 9, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,286 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
Also born on July 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Franz Boas
1858 · German-American anthropologist

Guru Dutt
1925 · Indian film director, producer, choreographer and actor

Tom Hanks
1956 · American actor and film producer (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1979
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
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- “Born in 1979” gifts
- Wine from 1979
- Books about 1979
- A newspaper from 1979
- Coin set from 1979
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Questions about July 9, 1979
- What day of the week was July 9, 1979?
- July 9, 1979 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 9, 1979?
- Someone born on July 9, 1979 is a Cancer.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 9, 1979?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 9, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
- How old is someone born on July 9, 1979?
- Someone born on July 9, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,286 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1979?
- People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 9, 1979?
- On July 9, 1979 the moon was a Full Moon.
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