What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 8, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 8, 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 8, 1948?

On April 8, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on April 8, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on April 8, 1948

Walter Planckaert

road bicycle racer

Danuta Hübner

Polish economist and politician

David Mark

Nigerian politician and general

Born the same week

Pietro Anastasi

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

Jaya Bachchan

April 9 · Indian politician and actress

Isgandar Hamidov

April 10 · Azerbaijani politician (1948–2020)

What happened that week

The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
Liberal politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo) and a further 10 years of violence (La Violencia) across Colombia.
The Deir Yassin massacre takes place in British Mandatory Palestine.
The Finno-Soviet Treaty is signed in Moscow.
1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: Haganah launches Operation Nachshon, provoking the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.
United States President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

April 8, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on April 8, 1948 is a Aries. Someone born on April 8, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,700 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on April 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Juan Ponce de León
1460 · Spanish explorer and conquistador
Edmund Husserl
1859 · German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology
Mary Pickford
1892 · Canadian actress and producer
Sonja Henie
1912 · Norwegian figure skater and actress
Kofi Annan
1938 · 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Questions about April 8, 1948

What day of the week was April 8, 1948?: April 8, 1948 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on April 8, 1948?: Someone born on April 8, 1948 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 8, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 8, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on April 8, 1948?: Someone born on April 8, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,700 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 8, 1948?: On April 8, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

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