What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 4, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 4, 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 4, 1948?

On April 4, 1948 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Sunday

Born on April 4, 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
Sunday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on April 4, 1948

Abdullah Öcalan

founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Born the same week

Javier Irureta

April 1 · Spanish football player/manager (born 1948)

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

April 3 · 60th President of Mexico

Georg Schwarzenbeck

April 3 · German footballer (born 1948)

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

April 3 · Dutch politician

Pietro Anastasi

April 7 · Italian association football player (1948–2020)

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

April 4, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on April 4, 1948 is a Aries. Someone born on April 4, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,704 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on April 4

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Isoroku Yamamoto
1884 · Japanese Marshal Admiral
Maya Angelou
1928 · American poet, author, and civil rights activist
Andrei Tarkovsky
1932 · Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director

Gift ideas for someone born in 1948

Presents that go back to the year it all began.

As an Amazon Associate, Birthscape earns from qualifying purchases. Prices and availability are set by Amazon.

Questions about April 4, 1948

What day of the week was April 4, 1948?: April 4, 1948 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on April 4, 1948?: Someone born on April 4, 1948 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 4, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 4, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on April 4, 1948?: Someone born on April 4, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,704 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 4, 1948?: On April 4, 1948 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

Born on this day?

Get the full time capsule: weather, star map, local No. 1, prices and a certificate.