A Thursday
Born on May 5, 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
Thursday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dragon
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
38 years
Famous people born on May 5, 1988
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 5, 1988 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 5, 1988 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 5, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,063 days. People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
Also born on May 5
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Søren Kierkegaard
1813 · Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic

Karl Marx
1818 · German-born philosopher

Henryk Sienkiewicz
1846 · Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

Nellie Bly
1864 · American journalist
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 May 5, 1988
- What day of the week was May 5, 1988?
- May 5, 1988 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 5, 1988?
- Someone born on May 5, 1988 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 5, 1988?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 5, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.
- How old is someone born on May 5, 1988?
- Someone born on May 5, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,063 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1988?
- People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 5, 1988?
- On May 5, 1988 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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