What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 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 8, 1944?

On August 8, 1944 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 8, 1944?

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

Famous people born on August 8, 1944

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Polycarp Pengo

August 5 · Tanzanian Roman Catholic cardinal (1944–2026)

Nancy Morejón

August 7 · Cuban writer

Fatima Gallaire

August 7 · French--Algerian playwright and author (1944-2020)

Abdul Latif Rashid

August 10 · president of Iraq since 2022

Bernard Coard

August 10 · Grenadian Deputy Prime Minister in the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement

Marko Pogačnik

August 11 · Slovenian artist and author (born 1944)

What happened that week

IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release the first posters featuring Smokey Bear.
WWII:
The Warsaw Uprising:
The Wola massacre begins. Between now and August 12, 40,000 to 50,000 Polish civilians will be indiscriminately massacred by occupying SS troops.
The Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 8, 1944 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 8, 1944 is a Leo. Someone born on August 8, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,039 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Emiliano Zapata
1879 · Mexican revolutionary
Ernest Lawrence
1901 · American nuclear physicist
Paul Dirac
1902 · British theoretical physicist

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Questions about August 8, 1944

What day of the week was August 8, 1944?: August 8, 1944 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 8, 1944?: Someone born on August 8, 1944 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on August 8, 1944?: Someone born on August 8, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,039 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 8, 1944?: On August 8, 1944 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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