What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 18, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 18, 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 18, 1948?

On July 18, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on July 18, 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
Sunday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on July 18, 1948

Hartmut Michel

German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize)

Ólafur Gunnarsson

Icelandic author

Born the same week

Enriqueta Basilio

July 15 · Mexican athlete (1948–2019)

Atilio Ancheta

July 19 · Uruguayan footballer

Alexandru Neagu

July 19 · Romanian footballer (1948-2010)

Cat Stevens

July 21 · British musician (born 1948)

What happened that week

Three armed men hijack the Cathay Pacific passenger plane Miss Macao and shoot the pilot; the plane crashes, killing 26 of 27 people on board.
Cold War:
President Harry S. Truman issues the second peacetime military draft in the United States, amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union (the first peacetime draft occurred in 1940 under President Roosevelt)
Eugene Dennis, William Z. Foster and ten other Communist Party USA leaders are arrested and charged under the Alien Registration Act.
The first London chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous is founded.
The attempted assassination of Palmiro Togliatti, general secretary of the Italian Communist Party, results in numerous strikes all over the country.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

July 18, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on July 18, 1948 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 18, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,598 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Robert Hooke
1635 · English natural philosopher, architect and polymath
W. G. Grace
1848 · English amateur cricketer
Hendrik Lorentz
1853 · Dutch physicist
Nelson Mandela
1918 · President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist
Hunter S. Thompson
1937 · American journalist and author

Questions about July 18, 1948

What day of the week was July 18, 1948?: July 18, 1948 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on July 18, 1948?: Someone born on July 18, 1948 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 18, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 18, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on July 18, 1948?: Someone born on July 18, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,598 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 18, 1948?: On July 18, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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