What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 27, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 27, 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 27, 1948?

On August 27, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Friday

Born on August 27, 1948?

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

Famous people born on August 27, 1948

Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré

former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso

Bodys Isek Kingelez

Congolese sculptor (1948 – 2015)

Aleksandrs Kiršteins

Latvian politician and architect (born 1948)

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)

Victor Skumin

August 30 · Russian scientist, writer, philosopher

What happened that day

Whittaker Chambers states that Alger Hiss was a communist on Meet the Press radio.

Also that week

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 27, 1948 was a Friday. Someone born on August 27, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 27, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,559 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 27

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Baal Shem Tov
1698 · Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
1770 · German philosopher and theologian
Man Ray
1890 · American and French visual artist
Lyndon B. Johnson
1908 · president of the United States from to

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Questions about August 27, 1948

What day of the week was August 27, 1948?: August 27, 1948 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 27, 1948?: Someone born on August 27, 1948 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 27, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 27, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on August 27, 1948?: Someone born on August 27, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,559 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 27, 1948?: On August 27, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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