A Thursday
Born on September 9, 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
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on September 9, 1948
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Samuel Hui
September 6 · Hong Kong musician and actor (born 1948)
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
September 7 · President of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022
Jean-Pierre Monseré
September 8 · cyclist (1948-1971)
Charles Simonyi
September 10 · Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)
Mikhail Korkia
September 10 · Soviet basketball player (1948–2004)
Abdulqawi Yusuf
September 12 · Somali judge
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 9, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 9, 1948 is a Virgo. Someone born on September 9, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,546 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on September 9
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
1585 · French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman

Luigi Galvani
1737 · Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher

Kurt Zadek Lewin
1890 · German-American psychologist

Dennis M. Ritchie
1941 · American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language
Gift ideas for someone born in 1948
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 79
- “Born in 1948” gifts
- Wine from 1948
- Books about 1948
- A newspaper from 1948
- Coin set from 1948
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Questions about September 9, 1948
- What day of the week was September 9, 1948?
- September 9, 1948 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 9, 1948?
- Someone born on September 9, 1948 is a Virgo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 9, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 9, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on September 9, 1948?
- Someone born on September 9, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,546 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1948?
- People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
- What is the birthstone for September?
- The birthstone for September is sapphire.
- What was the moon phase on September 9, 1948?
- On September 9, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.
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