A Wednesday
Born on December 31, 1980?
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
Capricorn
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
45 years
Famous people born on December 31, 1980
Francisco García
Dominican Republic basketball player (born 1980)
Richie McCaw
New Zealand international rugby union player
Mohamed Kaboré
Burkinabe footballer
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 31, 1980 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 31, 1980 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 31, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,745 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
Also born on December 31
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques Cartier
1491 · Breton maritime explorer of North America

Andreas Vesalius
1514 · Flemish anatomist, physician and author

Isma'il Pasha
1830 · Khedive of Egypt from to

Henri Matisse
1869 · French artist

George Marshall
1880 · American army officer and statesman

Umm Kulthum
1898 · Egyptian singer and actress
Gift ideas for someone born in 1980
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 46
- “Born in 1980” gifts
- Wine from 1980
- Books about 1980
- A newspaper from 1980
- Coin set from 1980
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Questions about December 31, 1980
- What day of the week was December 31, 1980?
- December 31, 1980 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 31, 1980?
- Someone born on December 31, 1980 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 31, 1980?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 31, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
- How old is someone born on December 31, 1980?
- Someone born on December 31, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,745 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1980?
- People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 31, 1980?
- On December 31, 1980 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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