What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 26, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 26, 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 26, 1948?

On August 26, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on August 26, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on August 26, 1948

Tatyana Karimova

Uzbek economist

Magdaléna Vášáryová

Slovak actress, politician and diplomat

Jeon Tae-il

Korean trade unionist and human right activist (1948–1970)

Born the same week

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 week

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.
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.
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 26, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 26, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,560 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Robert Walpole
1676 · British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford
Antoine Lavoisier
1743 · French nobleman and chemist
Lee de Forest
1873 · American inventor
Mother Teresa
1910 · Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary

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Questions about August 26, 1948

What day of the week was August 26, 1948?: August 26, 1948 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 26, 1948?: Someone born on August 26, 1948 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 26, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 26, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 26, 1948?: Someone born on August 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,560 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 26, 1948?: On August 26, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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