What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 2, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 2, 1948?

On July 2, 1948 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Friday

Born on July 2, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on July 2, 1948

Vyacheslav Akhunov

Soviet and Uzbek artist, author, philosopher (born 1948)

Teta Lando

Angolan musician (1948–2008)

Born the same week

Ever Hugo Almeida

July 1 · Paraguayan footballer

Tommy Körberg

July 4 · Swedish recording artist; musical and schlager singer

Louis Raphaël I Sako

July 4 · Chaldean Catholic patriarch

Lajos Kű

July 5 · Hungarian footballer

What happened that week

The National Health Service in the United Kingdom begins functioning, giving the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.
The Cominform Resolution marks the beginning of the Informbiro period in Yugoslavia and the Soviet/Yugoslav split.
The 6.8 Fukui earthquake strikes Fukui, Japan; 3,769 are killed, 22,203 injured.
Lotte Group, a global conglomerate in Northeast Asia (South Korea and Japan), is founded.
The world's first Air Car-ferry service is flown by a Bristol Freighter of Silver City Airways, from Lympne to Le Touquet across the English Channel.
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 2, 1948 was a Friday. Someone born on July 2, 1948 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,616 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Thomas Cranmer
1489 · leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
William Henry Bragg
1862 · British scientist
Hermann Hesse
1877 · Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter
Hans Bethe
1906 · German-American nuclear physicist
Patrice Lumumba
1925 · Congolese politician and independence leader

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Questions about July 2, 1948

What day of the week was July 2, 1948?: July 2, 1948 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on July 2, 1948?: Someone born on July 2, 1948 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 2, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on July 2, 1948?: Someone born on July 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,616 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 2, 1948?: On July 2, 1948 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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