What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1983?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 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 21, 1983?

On December 21, 1983 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on December 21, 1983?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Water Pig
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
42 years

Famous people born on December 21, 1983

Steven Yeun

South Korean-American actor

Franklin Cisneros

Olympic judoka

Karishma Tanna

Indian actress and kathron ke khilari winner

Born the same week

Ognjen Vukojević

December 20 · Croatian association football manager and former player

José Fonte

December 22 · Portuguese association football player

Jennifer Hawkins

December 22 · Australian model, television presenter and beauty queen

What happened that week

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.
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.
Pope John Paul II visits Rebibbia prison to forgive his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Ağca.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Say Say Say

Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 21, 1983 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 21, 1983 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,660 days. People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on December 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter
Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history
Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman
Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician
Thomas Sankara
1949 · President of Burkina Faso from to
Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete

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Questions about December 21, 1983

What day of the week was December 21, 1983?: December 21, 1983 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1983?: Someone born on December 21, 1983 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1983?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.
How old is someone born on December 21, 1983?: Someone born on December 21, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,660 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 21, 1983?: On December 21, 1983 the moon was a Full Moon.

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