A Wednesday
Born on October 10, 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
Wednesday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
47 years
Famous people born on October 10, 1979
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 10, 1979 was a Wednesday. Someone born on October 10, 1979 is a Libra. Someone born on October 10, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,193 days. People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
Also born on October 10
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Selim I
1470 · 9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from to

Jacobus Arminius
1560 · Dutch theologian, inspirator of Arminianism, champion of tolerance

Jean-Antoine Watteau
1684 · French painter

Henry Cavendish
1731 · English natural philosopher, and scientist

Giuseppe Verdi
1813 · Italian opera composer

Fridtjof Nansen
1861 · Norwegian polar explorer

Alberto Giacometti
1901 · Swiss sculptor and painter

Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941 · Nigerian social rights activist
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 October 10, 1979
- What day of the week was October 10, 1979?
- October 10, 1979 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 10, 1979?
- Someone born on October 10, 1979 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 10, 1979?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 10, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
- How old is someone born on October 10, 1979?
- Someone born on October 10, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,193 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1979?
- People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 10, 1979?
- On October 10, 1979 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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