A Tuesday
Born on October 26, 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
Tuesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on October 26, 1948
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
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Robert Ouko
October 24 · Athletics competitor from Kenya (1948–2019)
Kishore Mahbubani
October 24 · Singaporean diplomat
Benjamin Ndiaye
October 28 · Senegalian Roman Catholic clergyman, archbishop
Frans de Waal
October 29 · Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)
Felix Kulov
October 29 · Kyrgyz politician and former Prime Minister
Charles Maung Bo
October 29 · Burmese Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
October 26, 1948 was a Tuesday. Someone born on October 26, 1948 is a Scorpio. Someone born on October 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,499 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on October 26
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.
Georges Danton
1759 · French revolutionary
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
1800 · German Field Marshal
Leon Trotsky
1879 · Russian Marxist revolutionary
François Mitterrand
1916 · 21st President of the French Republic from to
Mohammad Reza I of Iran
1919 · Shah of Iran from to
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 October 26, 1948
- What day of the week was October 26, 1948?
- October 26, 1948 was a Tuesday.
- What star sign is someone born on October 26, 1948?
- Someone born on October 26, 1948 is a Scorpio.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 26, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, October 26, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on October 26, 1948?
- Someone born on October 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,499 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 26, 1948?
- On October 26, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.
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