What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 24, 1983?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 24, 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 24, 1983?

On December 24, 1983 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on December 24, 1983?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Water Pig
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
42 years

Famous people born on December 24, 1983

Abdoulaye Cissé

Burkinabe footballer (b. 1983)

Rareș Dumitrescu

Romanian sabre fencer

Joel Solanilla

Panamanian footballer

Born the same week

Steven Yeun

December 21 · South Korean-American actor

José Fonte

December 22 · Portuguese association football player

Jennifer Hawkins

December 22 · Australian model, television presenter and beauty queen

What happened that week

Pope John Paul II visits Rebibbia prison to forgive his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Ağca.
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.
Two bombs explode in France: one on a Paris train kills three and injures 19; the other at Marseille station kills two and injures 34.

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 24, 1983 was a Saturday. Someone born on December 24, 1983 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 24, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,657 days. People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on December 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Selim III
1761 · 28th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Adam Mickiewicz
1798 · Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist
James Prescott Joule
1818 · English physicist and brewer
Charles Hermite
1822 · French mathematician
Howard Hughes
1905 · American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer

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Questions about December 24, 1983

What day of the week was December 24, 1983?: December 24, 1983 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on December 24, 1983?: Someone born on December 24, 1983 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 24, 1983?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 24, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.
How old is someone born on December 24, 1983?: Someone born on December 24, 1983 is 42 years old today and has lived about 15,657 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 24, 1983?: On December 24, 1983 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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