A Monday
Born on February 9, 1948?
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
Monday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on February 9, 1948
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
February 9, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on February 9, 1948 is a Aquarius. Someone born on February 9, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,759 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on February 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Thomas Paine
1737 · American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist

Natsume Sōseki
1867 · Japanese novelist

Gerhard Richter
1932 · German visual artist (b. )

J. M. Coetzee
1940 · South African and Australian writer and scholar (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1948
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 79
- “Born in 1948” gifts
- Wine from 1948
- Books about 1948
- A newspaper from 1948
- Coin set from 1948
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Questions about February 9, 1948
- What day of the week was February 9, 1948?
- February 9, 1948 was a Monday.
- What star sign is someone born on February 9, 1948?
- Someone born on February 9, 1948 is a Aquarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 9, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, February 9, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on February 9, 1948?
- Someone born on February 9, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,759 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for February?
- The birthstone for February is amethyst.
- What was the moon phase on February 9, 1948?
- On February 9, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.
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