What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 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 17, 1948?

On August 17, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 17, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 17, 1948

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Jorge Carrascosa

August 15 · Argentine association football player

Massoud Rajavi

August 18 · Iranian political activist (born 1948)

Toshio Suzuki

August 19 · Japanese film producer (born 1948)

Robert Plant

August 20 · English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

John Noble

August 20 · Australian actor and director

Bernhard Russi

August 20 · alpine skier

What happened that day

The HUAC holds a private session between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers.

Also that week

The Danube Commission is created by the Belgrade Convention (enters into force 11 May 1949).
The southern half of Korea is established as the Republic of Korea (South Korea).
Toho strikes: A sitdown strike at Toho film studio in Tokyo ends after the studio is surrounded by 2,000 police and a platoon of U.S. Eighth Army soldiers.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1948 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 17, 1948 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,569 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pierre de Fermat
1601 · French mathematician and lawyer
John III Sobieski
1629 · King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Menilek II
1844 · Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa
Samuel Goldwyn
1882 · Polish-American film producer
Marcus Garvey
1887 · Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur
Mae West
1893 · American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
Jiang Zemin
1926 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
V. S. Naipaul
1932 · Trinidadian-British writer
Robert De Niro
1943 · American actor (born )

Questions about August 17, 1948

What day of the week was August 17, 1948?: August 17, 1948 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1948?: Someone born on August 17, 1948 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1948?: Someone born on August 17, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,569 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 17, 1948?: On August 17, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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