What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 1, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 1, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 1, 1948?

On April 1, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on April 1, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on April 1, 1948

Javier Irureta

Spanish football player/manager (born 1948)

Nacer Khemir

Tunisian storyteller, writer and film director

Hélé Béji

Tunisian writer

Born the same week

Al Gore

March 31 · Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

April 3 · 60th President of Mexico

Abdullah Öcalan

April 4 · founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

What happened that day

Physicists Ralph Asher Alpher and George Gamow publish the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, about the Big Bang.

Also that week

United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
Jeju Uprising: Residents revolt on Jeju Island, South Korea, eventually leading to the deaths of between 14,000 and 30,000.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is played on television in its entirety for the first time, in a series of concerts featuring Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the United States. The chorus is conducted by Robert Shaw.
1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: Haganah launches Operation Nachshon, provoking the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.
The Finno-Soviet Treaty is signed in Moscow.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

April 1, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on April 1, 1948 is a Aries. Someone born on April 1, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,707 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on April 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Harvey
1578 · English physician
Otto von Bismarck
1815 · German statesman and Chancellor
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1873 · Russian composer, pianist and conductor
Abraham Maslow
1908 · American psychologist
Toshirō Mifune
1920 · Japanese actor

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Questions about April 1, 1948

What day of the week was April 1, 1948?: April 1, 1948 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on April 1, 1948?: Someone born on April 1, 1948 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 1, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 1, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on April 1, 1948?: Someone born on April 1, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,707 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 1, 1948?: On April 1, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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