What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 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 21, 1948?

On December 21, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on December 21, 1948?

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

Famous people born on December 21, 1948

Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez

Nicaraguan Catholic priest

Norodom Marie Ranariddh

Cambodian princess

Born the same week

Abdulrazak Gurnah

December 20 · Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)

Nicolae Timofti

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

Edwige Fenech

December 24 · French-Italian actress

What happened that week

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.
In the American National Football League, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Chicago Cardinals 7–0, to win the championship.
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 Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 21, 1948 was a Tuesday. Someone born on December 21, 1948 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 21, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,443 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 21

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Masaccio
1401 · Italian painter
Leopold von Ranke
1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history
Benjamin Disraeli
1804 · British statesman
Paco de Lucía
1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician
Thomas Sankara
1949 · President of Burkina Faso from to
Florence Griffith Joyner
1959 · American track and field athlete

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Questions about December 21, 1948

What day of the week was December 21, 1948?: December 21, 1948 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 21, 1948?: Someone born on December 21, 1948 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 21, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 21, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on December 21, 1948?: Someone born on December 21, 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 21, 1948?: On December 21, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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