What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 21, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, June 21, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for June?

The birthstone for June is pearl.

What was the moon phase on June 21, 1948?

On June 21, 1948 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Monday

Born on June 21, 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
Monday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on June 21, 1948

Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish novelist (born 1948)

Jovan Aćimović

Serbian footballer

Born the same week

Franciszek Smuda

June 22 · Polish football player and manager (1948–2024)

Armando Calderón Sol

June 24 · President of El Salvador (1948-2017)

Patrick Moraz

June 24 · Swiss musician

Janet Kataaha Museveni

June 24 · First Lady of Uganda

What happened that day

The Deutsche Mark becomes the official currency of the future Federal Republic of Germany.
The Manchester Baby in England becomes the first stored-program computer to successfully execute a program.

Also that week

The U.S. Congress recesses for the remainder of 1948, after an overtime session closes at 7:00 a.m. (to be shortly interrupted by Truman's recall from Congressional recess for July 20, 1948).
The ship brings more than 800 Afro-Caribbean immigrants to Tilbury near London, the start of a large wave of immigration to Britain.
David Lean's Oliver Twist, based on Charles Dickens's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It is banned for 3 years in the U.S., because of alleged antisemitism in depicting master criminal Fagin, played by Alec Guinness.
Malayan Emergency: A state of emergency is declared in the Federation of Malaya, due to a communist insurgency.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

June 21, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on June 21, 1948 is a Cancer. Someone born on June 21, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,626 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on June 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 · German mathematician and philosopher
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 · French mathematician, mechanician and physicist
Machado de Assis
1839 · Brazilian writer
Jean-Paul Sartre
1905 · French existentialist philosopher
Benazir Bhutto
1953 · 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan

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Questions about June 21, 1948

What day of the week was June 21, 1948?: June 21, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on June 21, 1948?: Someone born on June 21, 1948 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 21, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, June 21, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on June 21, 1948?: Someone born on June 21, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,626 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 21, 1948?: On June 21, 1948 the moon was a Full Moon.

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