What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1945?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 9, 1945?

On August 9, 1945 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on August 9, 1945?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Wood Rooster
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
81 years

Famous people born on August 9, 1945

Zurab Sakandelidze

Soviet Georgian basketball player (1945–2004)

Born the same week

Nils Torvalds

August 7 · Finnish broadcast journalist, writer and politician, former Member of European Parliament

Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

August 10 · Founder of the Kuwait Olympic Committee (1945-1990)

Prawit Wongsuwon

August 11 · Thai politician

Jean Nouvel

August 12 · French architect (b.1945)

Lee Sang-hee

August 12 · former Defense Minister of South Korea

What happened that day

WWII:
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: United States B-29 Bockscar drops a plutonium-239 atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on the Japanese city of Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. local time, resulting in between 39,000 and 80,000 deaths.
The Soviet–Japanese War opens: The Soviet Union begins its army offensive against Japan, in the northern part of the Japanese-held puppet region of Manchuria, including the 25th Army (Soviet Union)'s advance into the northern peninsula of Korea.

Also that week

The United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States Senate.
WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
WWII: Japan offers to surrender to the Allies, "provided this does not prejudice the sovereignty of the Emperor".

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 1945 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 9, 1945 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,673 days. People born in 1945 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, 1945

What day of the week was August 9, 1945?: August 9, 1945 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1945?: Someone born on August 9, 1945 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1945?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.
How old is someone born on August 9, 1945?: Someone born on August 9, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,673 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1945?: People born in 1945 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, 1945?: On August 9, 1945 the moon was a New Moon.

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