A Wednesday
Born on June 2, 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
Wednesday
♊ Star sign
Gemini
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on June 2, 1948
Born the same week
Salvador Puig Antich
May 30 · Spanish militant anarchist (1948–1974)
Johan De Muynck
May 30 · cyclist

Svetlana Alexievich
May 31 · Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)
Tomáš Halík
June 1 · Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian
Jürgen Sparwasser
June 4 · East German footballer and manager
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
June 2, 1948 was a Wednesday. Someone born on June 2, 1948 is a Gemini. Someone born on June 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,645 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on June 2
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Marquis de Sade
1740 · French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

Thomas Hardy
1840 · English novelist and poet

Edward Elgar
1857 · English composer

Ion Antonescu
1882 · prime minister of Romania during World War II; self-proclaimed "Leader" of the Romanian state between – , executed for war crimes

Johnny Weissmuller
1904 · American swimmer, water polo player, and actor
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 June 2, 1948
- What day of the week was June 2, 1948?
- June 2, 1948 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on June 2, 1948?
- Someone born on June 2, 1948 is a Gemini.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 2, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, June 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on June 2, 1948?
- Someone born on June 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,645 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for June?
- The birthstone for June is pearl.
- What was the moon phase on June 2, 1948?
- On June 2, 1948 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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