What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 2, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for November?

The birthstone for November is topaz.

What was the moon phase on November 2, 1948?

On November 2, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

A Tuesday

Born on November 2, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on November 2, 1948

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Mayanga Maku

October 31 · DR Congolese footballer

Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

October 31 · Finnish writer and police officer (1948–2011)

Shaul Mofaz

November 4 · Israeli military officer and politician

Amadou Toumani Touré

November 4 · Malian soldier and politician

Pierre Ndaye Mulamba

November 4 · DR Congolese footballer (1948–2019)

Bernard-Henri Lévy

November 5 · French film director and philosopher

What happened that day

1948 United States presidential election: Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats Republican Thomas E. Dewey, "Dixiecrat" Strom Thurmond and Progressive party candidate Henry A. Wallace.

Also that week

The Foley Square trial of Eugene Dennis and ten other CPUSA leaders begins, in New York City.
Athenagoras I is elected the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
A boiler and ammunition explosion aboard merchant ship Xuan Huai evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan causes thousands of deaths.
Gozo luzzu disaster: A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
1948 Arab–Israeli War: Massacres of Palestinian Arab villagers by the Israel Defense Forces:

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

November 2, 1948 was a Tuesday. Someone born on November 2, 1948 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,492 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on November 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Vlad the Impaler
1431 · 15th-century ruler of Wallachia
Marie Antoinette
1755 · last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

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Questions about November 2, 1948

What day of the week was November 2, 1948?: November 2, 1948 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on November 2, 1948?: Someone born on November 2, 1948 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 2, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 2, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on November 2, 1948?: Someone born on November 2, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,492 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for November?: The birthstone for November is topaz.
What was the moon phase on November 2, 1948?: On November 2, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

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