What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 13, 1947?

On August 13, 1947 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on August 13, 1947?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on August 13, 1947

Lamis Gaber

Egyptian writer

Born the same week

Laurent Pokou

August 10 · Ivorian footballer (1947-2016)

Anwar Ibrahim

August 10 · Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022

Stefano Benni

August 12 · Italian writer and journalist (1947–2025)

Daishirō Yoshimura

August 16 · Japanese association football player (1947–2003)

Ephraïm Inoni

August 16 · Prime Minister of Cameroon

What happened that week

The Muslim majority regions formed by the Partition of India gain independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14, compared with India on the 15th, because the Pakistan Standard Time is 30 minutes behind the standard time of India.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes the first governor-general of Pakistan. Liaquat Ali Khan takes office as the first prime minister of Pakistan.
The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population of Hindu, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Zoroasters, Jews, Christians, Muslims and others formed by the Partition of India, gains independence from the British Empire, as the Dominion of India. 190 years British rule (1757–1947) in India comes to an end.
Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first prime minister of India, taking his oath from Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (but no longer viceroy).
In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over the government until 1949.
Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands, after a 101-day, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that prehistoric peoples could have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 13, 1947 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 13, 1947 is a Leo. Someone born on August 13, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,939 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 13

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Logie Baird
1888 · Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 · British filmmaker
Frederick Sanger
1918 · British biochemist
Fidel Castro
1926 · Cuban politician, author and revolutionary

Questions about August 13, 1947

What day of the week was August 13, 1947?: August 13, 1947 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 13, 1947?: Someone born on August 13, 1947 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on August 13, 1947?: Someone born on August 13, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,939 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1947?: People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 13, 1947?: On August 13, 1947 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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