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

In the Chinese zodiac, December 20, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 20, 1948?

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

A Monday

Born on December 20, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on December 20, 1948

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)

Azar Nafisi

Iranian-American writer

Mitsuko Uchida

Japanese-British pianist, conductor (1948-)

Born the same week

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

December 17 · Turkish politician (born 1948)

Samuel L. Jackson

December 21 · American actor (born 1948)

Nicolae Timofti

December 22 · 4th President of Moldova (r. 2012–2016)

What happened that day

Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.
American economist and former State Department official and spy for the Soviet Union Laurence Duggan falls to his death, from the 16th story window of his Manhattan office.

Also that week

In the American National Football League, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Chicago Cardinals 7–0, to win the championship.
The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
Seven Japanese military and political leaders, convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, are executed by Allied occupation authorities, at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
The United States Department of Justice indicts Alger Hiss, on two counts of perjury.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 20, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on December 20, 1948 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 20, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,443 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Questions about December 20, 1948

What day of the week was December 20, 1948?: December 20, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on December 20, 1948?: Someone born on December 20, 1948 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 20, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 20, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on December 20, 1948?: Someone born on December 20, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,443 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 20, 1948?: On December 20, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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