What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 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 24, 1948?

On August 24, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 24, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 24, 1948

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

Alexander McCall Smith

British writer

Nana Jorjadze

Soviet and Georgian film director, screenwriter and actress

Vicente Sotto

Filipino comedian-actor, singer and politician; President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2018 to 2022 and 2025 to present

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Shoba Chandrasekhar

Indian film director

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Isolde Barth

German actress

Rüdiger Döhler

German physician (1948–2022)

What happened that day

The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held.

Also that week

The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
Whittaker Chambers states that Alger Hiss was a communist on Meet the Press radio.
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.

Famous people born on August 24, 1948

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

August 24, 1948 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 24, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 24, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,561 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Wilberforce
1759 · English politician and abolitionist
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 · Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator
Fernand Braudel
1902 · French historian and leader of the Annales School

Questions about August 24, 1948

What day of the week was August 24, 1948?: August 24, 1948 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 24, 1948?: Someone born on August 24, 1948 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 24, 1948?: Someone born on August 24, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,561 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 24, 1948?: On August 24, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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