A Thursday
Born on September 23, 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
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on September 23, 1948
Born the same week
George R. R. Martin
September 20 · American writer and television producer (born 1948)
Phil Hartman
September 24 · Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter (1948-1998)
Ștefan Birtalan
September 25 · Romanian handball player and couch (1948–2024)
Olivia Newton-John
September 26 · British and Australian singer (1948–2022)
Vladimír Remek
September 26 · Czech ambassador, astronaut and pilot
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
September 23, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on September 23, 1948 is a Libra. Someone born on September 23, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,532 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on September 23
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Walter Lippmann
1889 · American journalist and political commentator

John Coltrane
1926 · American jazz saxophonist

Ray Charles
1930 · American singer, pianist and songwriter

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian
1940 · Iranian singer and musician

Julio Iglesias
1943 · Spanish singer and lawyer (born )
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 23, 1948
- What day of the week was September 23, 1948?
- September 23, 1948 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on September 23, 1948?
- Someone born on September 23, 1948 is a Libra.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for September 23, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, September 23, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on September 23, 1948?
- Someone born on September 23, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,532 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 23, 1948?
- On September 23, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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