A Thursday
Born on May 2, 1996?
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
Fire Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
30 years
Famous people born on May 2, 1996
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
May 2, 1996 was a Thursday. Someone born on May 2, 1996 is a Taurus. Someone born on May 2, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,144 days. People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.
Also born on May 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Catherine II of Russia
1729 · eighth Emperor of Russia, called the Great, r. – (lived - )

Theodor Herzl
1860 · father of modern political Zionism

Satyajit Ray
1921 · Indian filmmaker and writer
Gift ideas for someone born in 1996
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 31
- “Born in 1996” gifts
- Wine from 1996
- Books about 1996
- A newspaper from 1996
- Coin set from 1996
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Questions about May 2, 1996
- What day of the week was May 2, 1996?
- May 2, 1996 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on May 2, 1996?
- Someone born on May 2, 1996 is a Taurus.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for May 2, 1996?
- In the Chinese zodiac, May 2, 1996 falls in the year of the Fire Rat.
- How old is someone born on May 2, 1996?
- Someone born on May 2, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,144 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1996?
- People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.
- What is the birthstone for May?
- The birthstone for May is emerald.
- What was the moon phase on May 2, 1996?
- On May 2, 1996 the moon was a Full Moon.
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