What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 25, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 25, 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 25, 1948?

On August 25, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on August 25, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 25, 1948

Tony Ramos

Brazilian actor

Anna Žīgure

Latvian writer, diplomat and translator (born 1948)

Born the same week

Yurii Yekhanurov

August 23 · 11th prime minister of Ukraine

Jean-Michel Jarre

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

Sauli Niinistö

August 24 · Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012-2024)

Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré

August 27 · former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

What happened that day

The HUAC holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing, featuring "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

Also that week

The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held.
The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 25, 1948 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 25, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 25, 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 25

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ivan the Terrible
1530 · Tsar of all Russia from to
Hans Krebs
1900 · German-British biochemist
Võ Nguyên Giáp
1911 · Vietnamese general and communist politician
Erich Honecker
1912 · former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
Leonard Bernstein
1918 · American conductor and composer
Sean Connery
1930 · Scottish actor

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Questions about August 25, 1948

What day of the week was August 25, 1948?: August 25, 1948 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 25, 1948?: Someone born on August 25, 1948 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 25, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 25, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 25, 1948?: Someone born on August 25, 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 25, 1948?: On August 25, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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