What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 24, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, June 24, 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 24, 1948?

On June 24, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on June 24, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on June 24, 1948

Armando Calderón Sol

President of El Salvador (1948-2017)

Patrick Moraz

Swiss musician

Janet Kataaha Museveni

First Lady of Uganda

Mowaffak al-Rubaie

Iraqi politician

What happened that day

Cold War: The Berlin Blockade begins.
The first World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization is held in Geneva.

Also that week

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.
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
The Berlin Airlift begins.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

June 24, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on June 24, 1948 is a Cancer. Someone born on June 24, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,623 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on June 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John of the Cross
1542 · Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint
Marc Chagall
1887 · Belarusian-French artist
Juan Manuel Fangio
1911 · Argentine racing driver
Lionel Messi
1987 · Argentine association football player (born )

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Questions about June 24, 1948

What day of the week was June 24, 1948?: June 24, 1948 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on June 24, 1948?: Someone born on June 24, 1948 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for June 24, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, June 24, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on June 24, 1948?: Someone born on June 24, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,623 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 24, 1948?: On June 24, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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