What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 22, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 22, 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 22, 1948?

On December 22, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Wednesday

Born on December 22, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on December 22, 1948

Nicolae Timofti

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

Ramil Usubov

Secretary of Security Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Mohamed Kacemi

Algerian athletics competitor

Born the same week

Abdulrazak Gurnah

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

Samuel L. Jackson

December 21 · American actor (born 1948)

Joel Santana

December 25 · Brazilian association football player and manager

What happened that week

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.
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.
The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 22, 1948 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 22, 1948 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 22, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,442 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 22

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean Racine
1639 · French dramatist
Guru Gobind Singh
1666 · tenth Sikh guru
Giacomo Puccini
1858 · Italian opera composer
Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887 · Indian mathematician

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Questions about December 22, 1948

What day of the week was December 22, 1948?: December 22, 1948 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 22, 1948?: Someone born on December 22, 1948 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 22, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 22, 1948 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on December 22, 1948?: Someone born on December 22, 1948 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,442 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 22, 1948?: On December 22, 1948 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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