A Friday
Born on December 5, 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
Friday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
17 years
Famous people born on December 5, 2008
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
December 5, 2008 was a Friday. Someone born on December 5, 2008 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 5, 2008 is 17 years old today and has lived about 6,544 days. People born in 2008 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
Gift ideas for someone born in 2008
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 18
- “Born in 2008” gifts
- Wine from 2008
- Books about 2008
- A newspaper from 2008
- Coin set from 2008
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Questions about December 5, 2008
- What day of the week was December 5, 2008?
- December 5, 2008 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on December 5, 2008?
- Someone born on December 5, 2008 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 5, 2008?
- In the Chinese zodiac, December 5, 2008 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on December 5, 2008?
- Someone born on December 5, 2008 is 17 years old today and has lived about 6,544 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 2008?
- People born in 2008 belong to Generation Z.
- What is the birthstone for December?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- What was the moon phase on December 5, 2008?
- On December 5, 2008 the moon was a First Quarter.
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