What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1943?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Goat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 20, 1943?

On August 20, 1943 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on August 20, 1943?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Water Goat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on August 20, 1943

Dragan Nikolić

Serbian actor (1943–2016)

Born the same week

Robert De Niro

August 17 · American actor (born 1943)

Mykola Shmatko

August 17 · Ukrainian artist (1943-2020)

Gianni Rivera

August 18 · Italian footballer and politician

Perry Christie

August 21 · Bahamian politician

Nahas Angula

August 22 · Namibian Prime Minister

What happened that week

1943 Australian federal election: John Curtin's Labor government defeats the Country/UAP Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Arthur Fadden. Labor achieves its greatest ever electoral result, including winning every seat (except one) outside of the eastern states. Notably, this election marked the first time that a woman has been elected to both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Fadden will step down from the Opposition leadership, handing it over to Robert Menzies, who will go on to dissolve the UAP and form the Liberal Party shortly after.
WWII:
The Seventh U.S. Army, under General George S. Patton, meets the Eighth British Army under Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery in Messina, Sicily, completing the Allied invasion of Sicily.
Operation Hydra: The British Royal Air Force sets out to bomb the Peenemünde Army Research Center, to disrupt the German V-weapons programme.
WWII: The Battle of Kursk ends, with a strategic defeat for the German forces.
Heinrich Himmler is named Reichsminister of the Interior in Germany.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 20, 1943 was a Friday. Someone born on August 20, 1943 is a Leo. Someone born on August 20, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,393 days. People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 · Swedish chemist
H. P. Lovecraft
1890 · American writer and editor
Slobodan Milošević
1941 · Yugoslav–Serbian politician

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Questions about August 20, 1943

What day of the week was August 20, 1943?: August 20, 1943 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 20, 1943?: Someone born on August 20, 1943 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1943?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Goat.
How old is someone born on August 20, 1943?: Someone born on August 20, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,393 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1943?: People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 20, 1943?: On August 20, 1943 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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