What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 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 12, 1944?

On August 12, 1944 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on August 12, 1944?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
82 years

Famous people born on August 12, 1944

Omar Pkhakadze

Soviet racing cyclist (1944–1993)

Born the same week

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

Mahmoud Ezzat

August 13 · Acting Muslim Brotherhood leader

Nasr El-Deen Abbas

August 13 · Sudanese footballer

Sylvie Vartan

August 15 · French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)

What happened that day

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.
Operation Pluto: The world's first undersea oil pipeline is laid between England and France.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 12, 1944 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 12, 1944 is a Leo. Someone born on August 12, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,035 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on August 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
1844 · Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi
Cecil B. DeMille
1881 · American film director, producer and actor
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 · Austrian physicist
George Soros
1930 · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born )

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Questions about August 12, 1944

What day of the week was August 12, 1944?: August 12, 1944 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 12, 1944?: Someone born on August 12, 1944 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 1944 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on August 12, 1944?: Someone born on August 12, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,035 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 12, 1944?: On August 12, 1944 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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