What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 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 13, 1948?

On August 13, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Friday

Born on August 13, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on August 13, 1948

Mosiuoa Lekota

South African politician (1948–2026)

Augustine Gbao

Sierra Leonean paramilitary commander

Born the same week

Evelyn Ashamallah

August 10 · Egyptian artist (born 1948)

Willy Teirlinck

August 10 · road bicycle racer

Mizengo Pinda

August 12 · Tanzanian politician

Jorge Carrascosa

August 15 · Argentine association football player

What happened that day

Harry Dexter White and Donald Hiss refute allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers, before the HUAC.

Also that week

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.
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.
Beaver drop, an Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers from Northwestern Idaho to the Chamberlain Basin in Central Idaho. The program involves parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin.
The southern half of Korea is established as the Republic of Korea (South Korea).
23 – The Herrenchiemsee convention prepares the draft for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 13, 1948 was a Friday. Someone born on August 13, 1948 is a Leo. Someone born on August 13, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,573 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 13

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Logie Baird
1888 · Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 · British filmmaker
Frederick Sanger
1918 · British biochemist
Fidel Castro
1926 · Cuban politician, author and revolutionary

Questions about August 13, 1948

What day of the week was August 13, 1948?: August 13, 1948 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 13, 1948?: Someone born on August 13, 1948 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 13, 1948?: Someone born on August 13, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,573 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 13, 1948?: On August 13, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

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