What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 15, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 15, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 15, 1948?

On October 15, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on October 15, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on October 15, 1948

Chris de Burgh

Argentine - British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist

Lindsay Wilson

New Zealand rower

Renato Corona

Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012

Born the same week

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

October 13 · Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997)

Hema Malini

October 16 · Indian actress, dancer, and politician

Margot Kidder

October 17 · Canadian and American actress and activist (1948–2018)

What happened that week

The 57th Street Art Fair in Chicago, the oldest juried art fair in the American Midwest, is founded.
Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring three presidents of the United States, was dedicated at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The R-1 missile on test becomes the first Soviet launch to enter space.
Brandeis University is formally founded in Massachusetts.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

October 15, 1948 was a Friday. Someone born on October 15, 1948 is a Libra. Someone born on October 15, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,510 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Akbar
1542 · the third and greatest Mughal emperor from to
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844 · German philosopher
John Kenneth Galbraith
1908 · Canadian-American economist and diplomat
Mohammed Zahir Shah
1914 · King of Afghanistan
Michel Foucault
1926 · French philosopher
Fela Kuti
1938 · Nigerian musician and activist

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Questions about October 15, 1948

What day of the week was October 15, 1948?: October 15, 1948 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on October 15, 1948?: Someone born on October 15, 1948 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 15, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 15, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on October 15, 1948?: Someone born on October 15, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,510 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 15, 1948?: On October 15, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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