What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 9, 1953?

On August 9, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

A Sunday

Born on August 9, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on August 9, 1953

Jean Tirole

French economist

Ludo Peeters

Belgian cyclist

Sandra Pierantozzi

Palauan politician

Kay Stenshjemmet

Norwegian speed skater

Fatana Najib

Afghan linguist

What happened that week

Soviet prime minister Georgi Malenkov announces that the Soviet Union has a hydrogen bomb.
The 1953 Ionian earthquake of magnitude 7.2 totally devastates Cephalonia and most of the other Ionian Islands, in Greece's worst natural disaster in centuries.
Soviet atomic bomb project: "Joe 4", the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon, is detonated at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakh SSR.
Operation Big Switch: Prisoners of war are repatriated to the United States after the Korean War.
Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
19 – Cold War: 1953 Iranian coup d'état – Overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh, by Iranian military in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with the support of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (as "Operation Ajax") and the United Kingdom.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 1953 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 9, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,751 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Dryden
1631 · 17th-century English poet and playwright
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 · Italian scientist
Jean Piaget
1896 · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic
Rod Laver
1938 · Australian tennis player

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Questions about August 9, 1953

What day of the week was August 9, 1953?: August 9, 1953 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1953?: Someone born on August 9, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 9, 1953?: Someone born on August 9, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,751 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1953?: People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 9, 1953?: On August 9, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

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