What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 16, 1947?

On October 16, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on October 16, 1947?

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

Famous people born on October 16, 1947

Peter M. Christian

President of the Federated States of Micronesia

Terry Griffiths

Welsh snooker player (1947–2024)

Bob Weir

American musician; member of the Grateful Dead (1947–2026)

David Zucker

American film director, screenwriter, producer

Ivan Dykhovichny

Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer (1947–2009)

Guy Siner

British-American actor

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Suren Arakelov

Russian mathematician

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Thokozile Masipa

South African judge

What happened that week

United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound, the first time it has been accomplished.
A war begins in Kashmir, along the border between India and Pakistan, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America.

Famous people born on October 16, 1947

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

October 16, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 16, 1947 is a Libra. Someone born on October 16, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,874 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Noah Webster
1758 · American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author
Itō Hirobumi
1841 · 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan
Oscar Wilde
1854 · Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete
David Ben-Gurion
1886 · Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel - (born1886– )
Michael Collins
1890 · Irish revolutionary and politician

Questions about October 16, 1947

What day of the week was October 16, 1947?: October 16, 1947 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on October 16, 1947?: Someone born on October 16, 1947 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on October 16, 1947?: Someone born on October 16, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 28,874 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1947?: People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 16, 1947?: On October 16, 1947 the moon was a New Moon.

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