What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1952?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 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 17, 1952?

On October 17, 1952 the moon was a New Moon.

A Friday

Born on October 17, 1952?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Water Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
74 years

Famous people born on October 17, 1952

Maryo J. de los Reyes

Filipino film director (1952–2018)

Born the same week

Nikolai Andrianov

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

Vahid Halilhodžić

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

Verónica Castro

October 19 · Mexican actress and singer

Sameh Shoukry

October 20 · Egyptian diplomat

Dalia Itzik

October 20 · Israeli politician

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Alain Bombard begins to sail from the Canary Islands to Barbados in 65 days without using provisions; he reaches them December 23.
The United Nations begins work in the new United Nations building in New York City, designed by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
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 17, 1952 was a Friday. Someone born on October 17, 1952 is a Libra. Someone born on October 17, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,047 days. People born in 1952 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Miller
1915 · American playwright and essayist

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Questions about October 17, 1952

What day of the week was October 17, 1952?: October 17, 1952 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on October 17, 1952?: Someone born on October 17, 1952 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1952?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 1952 falls in the year of the Water Dragon.
How old is someone born on October 17, 1952?: Someone born on October 17, 1952 is 74 years old today and has lived about 27,047 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 17, 1952?: On October 17, 1952 the moon was a New Moon.

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