What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 1, 1944?

On August 1, 1944 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 1, 1944?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
82 years

Famous people born on August 1, 1944

Yury Romanenko

Soviet cosmonaut (born 1944)

Andrew G. Vajna

Hungarian film producer (1944–2019)

Rahnaward Zaryab

Afghan novelist, short story writer, journalist, and literary critic/scholar (1944-2020)

Born the same week

Jimmy Cliff

July 30 · Jamaican musician (1944–2025)

Geraldine Chaplin

July 31 · British-American actress

Orhan Gencebay

August 4 · Turkish actor and singer (born 1944)

What happened that day

WWII: The Warsaw Uprising begins.
WWII: Soviet forces liberate Kaunas.

Also that week

WWII: American submarine torpedoes Japanese troop transport Yoshino Maru; 2,495 drown.
WWII:
Turkey ends diplomatic and economic relations with Germany.
The First Assembly of ASNOM (the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia) is held in the Prohor Pčinjski monastery.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 1, 1944 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 1, 1944 is a Leo. Someone born on August 1, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,046 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
1744 · French naturalist
Herman Melville
1819 · American writer and poet
Pierre Bourdieu
1930 · French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher
Yves Saint Laurent
1936 · French fashion designer

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Questions about August 1, 1944

What day of the week was August 1, 1944?: August 1, 1944 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 1, 1944?: Someone born on August 1, 1944 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on August 1, 1944?: Someone born on August 1, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,046 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1944?: People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 1, 1944?: On August 1, 1944 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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