What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 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 15, 1948?

On August 15, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on August 15, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 15, 1948

Jorge Carrascosa

Argentine association football player

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

Iranian Ayatollah (1948–2018)

Born the same week

Mizengo Pinda

August 12 · Tanzanian politician

Mosiuoa Lekota

August 13 · South African politician (1948–2026)

Abdul Quader Molla

August 14 · convicted war criminal and Islamist politician from Bangladesh

Massoud Rajavi

August 18 · Iranian political activist (born 1948)

What happened that day

The southern half of Korea is established as the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

Also that week

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.
Harry Dexter White and Donald Hiss refute allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers, before the HUAC.
The HUAC holds a private session between Alger Hiss and 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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 15, 1948 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 15, 1948 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,570 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in
Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright
Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist
Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter

Questions about August 15, 1948

What day of the week was August 15, 1948?: August 15, 1948 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1948?: Someone born on August 15, 1948 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 15, 1948?: Someone born on August 15, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,570 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 15, 1948?: On August 15, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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