What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 5, 2001?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 5, 2001 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 5, 2001?

On December 5, 2001 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on December 5, 2001?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
24 years

Famous people born on December 5, 2001

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Iman Griffith

December 2 · Surinamese association football player

Leonardo Rivas

December 6 · Paraguayan footballer

Chang Yani

December 7 · Chinese diver

Laura Miller

December 7 · Luxembourgian association football player

Alfonso Barco

December 7 · Peruvian footballer

Gleiker Mendoza

December 8 · Venezuelan association football player

What happened that day

2001 Sayyd Alma Kalay airstrike: An American airstrike mistakenly targets a friendly position, killing 11 people in a friendly fire incident.

Also that week

Fall of Kandahar: The Taliban surrenders in Kandahar, its final stronghold.
The Segway, a self-balancing personal transporter invented by Dean Kamen, is unveiled after months of public speculation and media hype on the ABC News morning program Good Morning America.
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid (to this point, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history).
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing: A Hamas militant carries out a suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel, killing 15 people.
An ebola outbreak is confirmed in Gabon.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Family Affair

Mary J. Blige

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 5, 2001 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 5, 2001 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 5, 2001 is 24 years old today and has lived about 9,101 days. People born in 2001 belong to Generation Z.

Also born on December 5

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Julius II
1443 · pope of the Catholic Church from to
Józef Piłsudski
1867 · Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister
Fritz Lang
1890 · Austrian filmmaker
Walt Disney
1901 · American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company
Werner Heisenberg
1901 · German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner
Bhumibol Adulyadej
1927 · former King of Thailand
Little Richard
1932 · American musician

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Questions about December 5, 2001

What day of the week was December 5, 2001?: December 5, 2001 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 5, 2001?: Someone born on December 5, 2001 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 5, 2001?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 5, 2001 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
How old is someone born on December 5, 2001?: Someone born on December 5, 2001 is 24 years old today and has lived about 9,101 days.
Which generation is someone born in 2001?: People born in 2001 belong to Generation Z.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 5, 2001?: On December 5, 2001 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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