What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 15, 1949?

On August 15, 1949 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Monday

Born on August 15, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on August 15, 1949

Ralf Schulenberg

East German footballer

Born the same week

Mark Knopfler

August 12 · British musician (born 1949)

Fernando Collor

August 12 · President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992

Rogelio Farías

August 13 · Chilean footballer (1949-1995)

Christos Papadimitriou

August 16 · Greek computer scientist (b. 1949)

Mitsunori Fujiguchi

August 17 · Japanese association football player

What happened that week

The Salvatore Giuliano Gang explodes mines under a police barracks, outside Palermo, Sicily.
The Fourth Geneva Convention is agreed to.
Kemi Bloody Thursday: two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland.
the Avro Canada C102 Jetliner makes its first flight; it is the first jet airliner to fly in North America.
The Vatican announces that bones uncovered in its catacombs could be those of the apostle Peter; 19 years later, Pope Paul VI announces confirmation that the bones belong to this first pope.
Deportivo Saprissa enters Costa Rican soccer's first division.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 15, 1949 was a Monday. Someone born on August 15, 1949 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,206 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in
Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright
Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist
Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter

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Questions about August 15, 1949

What day of the week was August 15, 1949?: August 15, 1949 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1949?: Someone born on August 15, 1949 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on August 15, 1949?: Someone born on August 15, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,206 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 15, 1949?: On August 15, 1949 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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