What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1952?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 16, 1952?

On October 16, 1952 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Thursday

Born on October 16, 1952?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
74 years

Famous people born on October 16, 1952

Touriya Jabrane

Moroccan actress and politician (1952–2020)

Born the same week

Nikolai Andrianov

October 14 · Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast (1952–2011)

Kaija Saariaho

October 14 · Finnish composer (1952–2023)

Vahid Halilhodžić

October 15 · Bosnian association football player and manager (born 1952)

Verónica Castro

October 19 · Mexican actress and singer

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

October 19 · development consultant and international indigenous activist

What happened that week

17 October affair: Indonesian troops led by General Nasution surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the People's Representative Council; Sukarno avoids confrontation.
The United Nations begins work in the new United Nations building in New York City, designed by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
Alain Bombard begins to sail from the Canary Islands to Barbados in 65 days without using provisions; he reaches them December 23.
Martial law is declared in Kenya, in the face of the Mau Mau uprising.
The West German Federal Constitutional Court bans the Socialist Reich Party as unconstitutional for being a Nazi Party successor organization.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

October 16, 1952 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 16, 1952 is a Libra. Someone born on October 16, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,048 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Noah Webster
1758 · American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author
Itō Hirobumi
1841 · 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan
Oscar Wilde
1854 · Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete
David Ben-Gurion
1886 · Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel - (born1886– )
Michael Collins
1890 · Irish revolutionary and politician

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Questions about October 16, 1952

What day of the week was October 16, 1952?: October 16, 1952 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on October 16, 1952?: Someone born on October 16, 1952 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 16, 1952?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 16, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on October 16, 1952?: Someone born on October 16, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,048 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1952?: People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 16, 1952?: On October 16, 1952 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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