What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 22, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, February 22, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for February?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

What was the moon phase on February 22, 1948?

On February 22, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on February 22, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on February 22, 1948

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Genevieve Waite

February 19 · South African singer and actress

Christopher A. Pissarides

February 20 · British-Cypriot economist

Jennifer O'Neill

February 20 · American actress and model

Jayaram Jayalalithaa

February 24 · Indian Actress, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016)

Luis Galván

February 24 · Argentine footballer (1948–2025)

Friedrich Koncilia

February 25 · Austrian association football player and manager

What happened that day

The first of the Ben Yehuda Street bombings in Jerusalem kills between 49 and 58 civilians and injures between 140 and 200.

Also that week

The United States stock car racing organization NASCAR is founded by Bill France Sr. with other drivers.
The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état: Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia, cedes control of the country to the Communist Party, a day celebrated by that regime as "Victorious February" (; ) until November 1989.
Éamon de Valera, Irish head of government from 1918 to 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. John A. Costello is appointed Taoiseach by President Seán T. O'Kelly, until 1960.
Miranda, innermost of the large moons of Uranus, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

February 22, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on February 22, 1948 is a Pisces. Someone born on February 22, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,746 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on February 22

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

George Washington
1732 · Founding Father and first U.S. president
Arthur Schopenhauer
1788 · German philosopher
Heinrich Hertz
1857 · German physicist
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857 · lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement
Luis Buñuel
1900 · Spanish-Mexican filmmaker

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Questions about February 22, 1948

What day of the week was February 22, 1948?: February 22, 1948 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on February 22, 1948?: Someone born on February 22, 1948 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 22, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, February 22, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on February 22, 1948?: Someone born on February 22, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,746 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 22, 1948?: On February 22, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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