What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 20, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 20, 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 20, 1948?

On October 20, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on October 20, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on October 20, 1948

Melih Gökçek

former Mayor of Ankara

Alice Annum

Ghanaian sprinter and long jump athlete

Born the same week

Margot Kidder

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

Valeriu Jereghi

October 19 · Moldovan film director

Albert Frick

October 21 · politician from Liechtenstein

Håkon Austbø

October 22 · Norwegian musician

What happened that day

Brandeis University is formally founded in Massachusetts.

Also that week

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 57th Street Art Fair in Chicago, the oldest juried art fair in the American Midwest, is founded.
Donora Smog of 1948: A killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

October 20, 1948 was a Wednesday. Someone born on October 20, 1948 is a Libra. Someone born on October 20, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,505 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Christopher Wren
1632 · English architect
Arthur Rimbaud
1854 · French poet
John Dewey
1859 · American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
Don Stephen Senanayake
1884 · Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
James Chadwick
1891 · English physicist , who discovered the neutron in
Jomo Kenyatta
1893 · first Prime Minister and President of self-governing Kenya

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Questions about October 20, 1948

What day of the week was October 20, 1948?: October 20, 1948 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on October 20, 1948?: Someone born on October 20, 1948 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 20, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 20, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on October 20, 1948?: Someone born on October 20, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,505 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 20, 1948?: On October 20, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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