What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 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 12, 1953?

On August 12, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on August 12, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on August 12, 1953

Carlos Mesa

Vice President of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 and President of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005

Charles Martin Wamika

Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop

Born the same week

Jean Tirole

August 9 · French economist

Hulk Hogan

August 11 · American professional wrestler, actor and television personality (1953–2025)

Kristalina Georgieva

August 13 · Bulgarian economist and CEO

Rigoberto Cisneros

August 15 · Mexican footballer

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

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.
Soviet prime minister Georgi Malenkov announces that the Soviet Union has a hydrogen bomb.
The first planning session of Narcotics Anonymous is held in Southern California (see October 5).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 12, 1953 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 12, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 12, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,748 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
1844 · Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi
Cecil B. DeMille
1881 · American film director, producer and actor
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 · Austrian physicist
George Soros
1930 · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born )

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Questions about August 12, 1953

What day of the week was August 12, 1953?: August 12, 1953 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 12, 1953?: Someone born on August 12, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 12, 1953?: Someone born on August 12, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,748 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 12, 1953?: On August 12, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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