What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 8, 1948?

On August 8, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Sunday

Born on August 8, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on August 8, 1948

Svetlana Savitskaya

Soviet cosmonaut

Rasim Balayev

Azerbaijani actor (1948–2026)

Akira Matsunaga

Japanese association football player

Akif Islamzade

Azerbaijani singer

Ousainou Darboe

Gambian politician

Dinmukhamet Akhimov

actor

Anand Singh

Fijian politician (1948-2020)

Jimmy Lemi Milla

South Sudanese politician (1948-2011)

What happened that week

23 – The Herrenchiemsee convention prepares the draft for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Alger Hiss appears before the HUAC, to deny the allegations of Whittaker Chambers.
Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
Whittaker Chambers appears under subpoena before the HUAC and alleges that several former U.S. Federal officials were communists, including Harry Dexter White and Alger Hiss.
Harry Dexter White and Donald Hiss refute allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers, before the HUAC.
1948 Ashes series: Australian batsman Don Bradman, playing his last Test cricket match, against England at The Oval, is bowled by Eric Hollies for a duck (leaving his career Test batting average at 99.94); however, "The Invincibles" win the match by an innings and 149 runs, and The Ashes 4–0.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 8, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 8, 1948 is a Leo. Someone born on August 8, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,578 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Emiliano Zapata
1879 · Mexican revolutionary
Ernest Lawrence
1901 · American nuclear physicist
Paul Dirac
1902 · British theoretical physicist

Questions about August 8, 1948

What day of the week was August 8, 1948?: August 8, 1948 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 8, 1948?: Someone born on August 8, 1948 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 8, 1948?: Someone born on August 8, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,578 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 8, 1948?: On August 8, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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