What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 11, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 11, 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 11, 1953?

On August 11, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

A Tuesday

Born on August 11, 1953?

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

Famous people born on August 11, 1953

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)

Chen Danqing

Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic

Amin Tarokh

Iranian actor

Born the same week

Nigel Mansell

August 8 · British racing driver (born 1953)

Jean Tirole

August 9 · French economist

Kristalina Georgieva

August 13 · Bulgarian economist and CEO

What happened that week

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.
Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
Soviet prime minister Georgi Malenkov announces that the Soviet Union has a hydrogen bomb.
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.
Operation Big Switch: Prisoners of war are repatriated to the United States after the Korean War.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 11, 1953 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 11, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 11, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,749 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Steve Wozniak
1950 · American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

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Questions about August 11, 1953

What day of the week was August 11, 1953?: August 11, 1953 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 11, 1953?: Someone born on August 11, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 11, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 11, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 11, 1953?: Someone born on August 11, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,749 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 11, 1953?: On August 11, 1953 the moon was a New Moon.

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