A Friday
Born on January 15, 1988?
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
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Fire Rabbit
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
38 years
Famous people born on January 15, 1988
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 15, 1988 was a Friday. Someone born on January 15, 1988 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 15, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,174 days. People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
Also born on January 15
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Shah Jahan
1592 · the fifth Mughal Emperor from to

Molière
1622 · French playwright and actor

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 · French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist

Ibn Saud
1876 · King of Saudi Arabia from to

Edward Teller
1908 · Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist

Gamal Abdel Nasser
1918 · President of Egypt from to

Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader
Gift ideas for someone born in 1988
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 39
- “Born in 1988” gifts
- Wine from 1988
- Books about 1988
- A newspaper from 1988
- Coin set from 1988
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Questions about January 15, 1988
- What day of the week was January 15, 1988?
- January 15, 1988 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 15, 1988?
- Someone born on January 15, 1988 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1988?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 1988 falls in the year of the Fire Rabbit.
- How old is someone born on January 15, 1988?
- Someone born on January 15, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,174 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1988?
- People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
- What is the birthstone for January?
- The birthstone for January is garnet.
- What was the moon phase on January 15, 1988?
- On January 15, 1988 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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