What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 8, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, November 8, 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 8, 1948?

On November 8, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Monday

Born on November 8, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♏ Star sign
Scorpio
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on November 8, 1948

Norris Stubbs

Bahamian sprinter

Born the same week

Bernard-Henri Lévy

November 5 · French film director and philosopher

Alex Ribeiro

November 7 · Brazilian racing driver

Luiz Felipe Scolari

November 9 · Brazilian association football player and manager

Viktor Matviyenko

November 9 · Ukrainian footballer (1948–2018)

Mutt Lange

November 11 · South African record producer

What happened that week

In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.
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.
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.
Louis Stephen St. Laurent becomes Canada's 12th prime minister.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

November 8, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on November 8, 1948 is a Scorpio. Someone born on November 8, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,486 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on November 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Edmond Halley
1656 · English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist
Mikhail Lomonosov
1711 · Russian polymath
Gottlob Frege
1848 · German philosopher, logician, and mathematician
Jack Kilby
1923 · American electrical engineer
Alain Delon
1935 · French actor
Kazuo Ishiguro
1954 · British novelist (born )

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Questions about November 8, 1948

What day of the week was November 8, 1948?: November 8, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on November 8, 1948?: Someone born on November 8, 1948 is a Scorpio.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for November 8, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, November 8, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on November 8, 1948?: Someone born on November 8, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,486 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 8, 1948?: On November 8, 1948 the moon was a First Quarter.

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