What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 14, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 14, 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 14, 1948?

On August 14, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on August 14, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 14, 1948

Abdul Quader Molla

convicted war criminal and Islamist politician from Bangladesh

Born the same week

Mizengo Pinda

August 12 · Tanzanian politician

Mosiuoa Lekota

August 13 · South African politician (1948–2026)

Jorge Carrascosa

August 15 · Argentine association football player

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

August 15 · Iranian Ayatollah (1948–2018)

Annemarie Huber-Hotz

August 16 · Swiss politician (1948-2019)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Harry Dexter White and Donald Hiss refute allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers, before the HUAC.
The southern half of Korea is established as the Republic of Korea (South Korea).
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.
The HUAC holds a private session between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 14, 1948 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 14, 1948 is a Leo. Someone born on August 14, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,571 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 14

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia
1688 · king of Prussia
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 · Danish physicist and chemist

Questions about August 14, 1948

What day of the week was August 14, 1948?: August 14, 1948 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 14, 1948?: Someone born on August 14, 1948 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 14, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 14, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 14, 1948?: Someone born on August 14, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,571 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 14, 1948?: On August 14, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

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