What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 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 23, 1948?

On August 23, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on August 23, 1948?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Monday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on August 23, 1948

Yurii Yekhanurov

11th prime minister of Ukraine

Atef Bseiso

Palestinian intelligence officer

Born the same week

Robert Plant

August 20 · English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

John Noble

August 20 · Australian actor and director

Ezzat Abu'of

August 21 · Egyptian musician and actor (1948–2019)

Jean-Michel Jarre

August 24 · French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

What happened that day

The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Also that week

The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held.
The HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
Lee Pressman, Nathan Witt and John Abt, represented by Harold I. Cammer, plead the Fifth Amendment, in response to allegations of Communism by Whittaker Chambers before the HUAC.
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.
Whittaker Chambers states that Alger Hiss was a communist on Meet the Press radio.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 23, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on August 23, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 23, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,563 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis XVI of France
1754 · King of France and Navarre from to , then King of the French from to
Georges Cuvier
1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist
Gene Kelly
1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
Clifford Geertz
1926 · American anthropologist

Questions about August 23, 1948

What day of the week was August 23, 1948?: August 23, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 23, 1948?: Someone born on August 23, 1948 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 23, 1948?: Someone born on August 23, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,563 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 23, 1948?: On August 23, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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