What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1952?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 24, 1952?

On August 24, 1952 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Sunday

Born on August 24, 1952?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
74 years

Famous people born on August 24, 1952

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Jamaican dub poet

Born the same week

Joe Strummer

August 21 · British singer, musician and songwriter (1952–2002)

Jiří Paroubek

August 21 · Czech politician, former prime minister

Santillana

August 23 · Spanish footballer

Don Miguel Ruiz

August 27 · Mexican writer and philosopher

Segun Odegbami

August 27 · Nigerian footballer

What happened that week

The most damaging aftershock of the 1952 Kern County earthquake sequence strikes with a moment magnitude of 5.8, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This event damages several hundred buildings in Bakersfield, California, with total additional losses of $10 million, with two associated deaths and some injuries.
A British passenger jet makes a return crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the same day.
Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg: Germany will pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks.
Composer John Cage's 4′33″, during which the performer does not play, premieres in Woodstock, New York.
A 7.5 earthquake shakes the Tibet region leaving a balance of 54 fatalities.
The last Finnish war reparations are sent to the Soviet Union.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 24, 1952 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 24, 1952 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 24, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,100 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Wilberforce
1759 · English politician and abolitionist
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 · Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator
Fernand Braudel
1902 · French historian and leader of the Annales School

Questions about August 24, 1952

What day of the week was August 24, 1952?: August 24, 1952 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 24, 1952?: Someone born on August 24, 1952 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1952?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 24, 1952?: Someone born on August 24, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,100 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1952?: People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 24, 1952?: On August 24, 1952 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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