What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 16, 1983?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 16, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 16, 1983?

On December 16, 1983 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on December 16, 1983?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Water Pig
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
42 years

Famous people born on December 16, 1983

Roberto Nurse

Mexican-Panamanian footballer

Hollie Grima

Australian basketball player (born 1983)

Born the same week

Stéphanie Frappart

December 14 · French football referee (born 1983)

César Ramos

December 15 · Mexican association football referee

Wang Hao

December 15 · Chinese table tennis player

Chidi Odiah

December 17 · Nigerian footballer

What happened that week

The Alcalá 20 nightclub fire in Madrid, Spain, injuring 47 and killing 83 people.
Harrods bombings: a Provisional IRA car bomb kills 6 people and injures 90 outside Harrods department store in London.
Turgut Özal, of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (45th government); beginning a new civilian regime.
The Jules Rimet Trophy is stolen from the Brazilian Soccer Confederation building in Rio de Janeiro. As of 2025, the trophy has not been recovered.
Military rule ends and democracy is restored in Argentina, with the beginning of Raúl Alfonsín's first term as President of Argentina.
The Australian dollar is floated by Federal treasurer Paul Keating. Under the old flexible peg system, the Reserve Bank bought and sold all Australian dollars and cleared the market at the end of the day. This initiative is taken by the government of Bob Hawke.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

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Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 16, 1983 was a Friday. Someone born on December 16, 1983 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 16, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,665 days. People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on December 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 · German composer
Jane Austen
1775 · author, novelist, writer
Margaret Mead
1901 · American anthropologist
Arthur C. Clarke
1917 · British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist

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Questions about December 16, 1983

What day of the week was December 16, 1983?: December 16, 1983 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on December 16, 1983?: Someone born on December 16, 1983 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 16, 1983?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 16, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.
How old is someone born on December 16, 1983?: Someone born on December 16, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,665 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1983?: People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 16, 1983?: On December 16, 1983 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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