What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 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 23, 1947?

On August 23, 1947 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on August 23, 1947?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on August 23, 1947

Terje Rypdal

Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer

Abul Kalam Abdul Momen

former Bangladeshi Minister of Foreign Affairs

Kwabena Appiah-Pinkrah

Ghanaian politician

Born the same week

Frédéric Mitterrand

August 21 · French politician (1947–2024)

Paulo Coelho

August 24 · Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)

Roger De Vlaeminck

August 24 · Belgian cyclist

What happened that day

The prime minister of Greece, Dimitrios Maximos, resigns.

Also that week

The French government lowers the daily bread ration to 200 grams, causing riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over the government until 1949.
A fire at a movie theater in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 23, 1947 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 23, 1947 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 23, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,929 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis XVI of France
1754 · King of France and Navarre from to , then King of the French from to
Georges Cuvier
1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist
Gene Kelly
1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
Clifford Geertz
1926 · American anthropologist

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Questions about August 23, 1947

What day of the week was August 23, 1947?: August 23, 1947 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 23, 1947?: Someone born on August 23, 1947 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on August 23, 1947?: Someone born on August 23, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,929 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 23, 1947?: On August 23, 1947 the moon was a First Quarter.

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