What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 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 9, 1944?

On August 9, 1944 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on August 9, 1944?

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

Famous people born on August 9, 1944

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

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)

Omar Pkhakadze

August 12 · Soviet racing cyclist (1944–1993)

What happened that day

The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release the first posters featuring Smokey Bear.

Also that week

IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
WWII:
The Allies capture Florence, Italy.
Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre: The Waffen-SS and Black Brigades paramilitaries murder about 560 civilians and refugees (including more than 100 children) in the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema, burn their bodies, and leave their houses semi-derelict.
In the Kara Sea, German submarine U-365 torpedoes the passenger-cargo ship Marina Raskova; 618 people die.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 1944 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 9, 1944 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,038 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Dryden
1631 · 17th-century English poet and playwright
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 · Italian scientist
Jean Piaget
1896 · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic
Rod Laver
1938 · Australian tennis player

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Questions about August 9, 1944

What day of the week was August 9, 1944?: August 9, 1944 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1944?: Someone born on August 9, 1944 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on August 9, 1944?: Someone born on August 9, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,038 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 9, 1944?: On August 9, 1944 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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