What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 17, 1947?

On July 17, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on July 17, 1947?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Thursday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on July 17, 1947

Queen Camilla

Queen consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

Abraham Laboriel

Mexican musician

Žarko Knežević

basketball player (1947-2020)

Born the same week

Brian May

July 19 · British musician (born 1947)

Carlos Santana

July 20 · American guitarist

Gerd Binnig

July 20 · German physicist (born 1947)

What happened that day

Indian passenger ship is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai, India, with 625 people killed.

Also that week

Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, the Exodus is captured by British troops, and refused entry into Palestine at the port of Haifa.
President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law, which places the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate next in the line of succession, after the vice president.
Burmese nationalist Aung San, and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
The ship Exodus leaves France for Palestine, with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees on board.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 17, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on July 17, 1947 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 17, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,966 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ismail I
1487 · founder and first shah of Safavid Iran
Georges Lemaître
1894 · Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest
Angela Merkel
1954 · chancellor of Germany from to (born )
Wong Kar-wai
1958 · Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker (born )

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Questions about July 17, 1947

What day of the week was July 17, 1947?: July 17, 1947 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on July 17, 1947?: Someone born on July 17, 1947 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 17, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 17, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on July 17, 1947?: Someone born on July 17, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,966 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1947?: People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 17, 1947?: On July 17, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.

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