What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 8, 1980?

In the Chinese zodiac, May 8, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.

What is the birthstone for May?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

What was the moon phase on May 8, 1980?

On May 8, 1980 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on May 8, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on May 8, 1980

David Loosli

road bicycle racer

Born the same week

Yossi Benayoun

May 5 · Israeli association football player (born 1980)

Dimitris Diamantidis

May 6 · Greek basketball player (born 1980)

Norihiro Nishi

May 9 · Japanese association football player

Olga Zabelinskaya

May 10 · former Russian road cyclist, olympic medal winner

Kiril Lazarov

May 10 · Macedonian handball player

What happened that day

Global eradication of smallpox certified by the World Health Organization.

Also that week

Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
In Florida, United States, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay. A section of the bridge collapses and 35 people (most of them on a bus) are killed.
James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney the Turks and Caicos Islands' first chief minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.
Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito dies. The largest state funeral in history is organized, with state delegations from 128 different countries out of 154 UN members at the time.
Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Call Me

Blondie

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🎵 No. 1 song

May 8, 1980 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 8, 1980 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 8, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,982 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on May 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Edward Gibbon
1737 · English historian and politician
Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla
1753 · Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
Henry Dunant
1828 · Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross
Harry S. Truman
1884 · president of the United States from to ; politician
Friedrich Hayek
1899 · Austrian and British economist
Robert Johnson
1911 · American blues singer and guitarist
David Attenborough
1926 · British broadcaster and naturalist (born )

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Questions about May 8, 1980

What day of the week was May 8, 1980?: May 8, 1980 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on May 8, 1980?: Someone born on May 8, 1980 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 8, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, May 8, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on May 8, 1980?: Someone born on May 8, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,982 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for May?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
What was the moon phase on May 8, 1980?: On May 8, 1980 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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