A Thursday
Born on October 16, 2008?
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
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
18 years
Famous people born on October 16, 2008
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 16, 2008 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 16, 2008 is a Libra. Someone born on October 16, 2008 is 18 years old today and has lived about 6,595 days. People born in 2008 belong to Generation Z.
Also born on October 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Noah Webster
1758 · American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author

Itō Hirobumi
1841 · 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan

Oscar Wilde
1854 · Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete

David Ben-Gurion
1886 · Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel - (born1886– )

Michael Collins
1890 · Irish revolutionary and politician
Gift ideas for someone born in 2008
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 19
- “Born in 2008” gifts
- Wine from 2008
- Books about 2008
- A newspaper from 2008
- Coin set from 2008
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Questions about October 16, 2008
- What day of the week was October 16, 2008?
- October 16, 2008 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 16, 2008?
- Someone born on October 16, 2008 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 2008?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 2008 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on October 16, 2008?
- Someone born on October 16, 2008 is 18 years old today and has lived about 6,595 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 2008?
- People born in 2008 belong to Generation Z.
- What is the birthstone for October?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- What was the moon phase on October 16, 2008?
- On October 16, 2008 the moon was a Full Moon.
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