What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 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 13, 1953?

On August 13, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Thursday

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

Famous people born on August 13, 1953

Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian economist and CEO

Carmen Posadas

Uruguay-Spanish writer

Carla Bodendorf

East German athlete

Born the same week

Hulk Hogan

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

Rigoberto Cisneros

August 15 · Mexican footballer

Mohamed Béavogui

August 15 · Prime minister of Guinea

What happened that day

Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 13, 1953 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 13, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 13, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,747 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 13

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Logie Baird
1888 · Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 · British filmmaker
Frederick Sanger
1918 · British biochemist
Fidel Castro
1926 · Cuban politician, author and revolutionary

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Questions about August 13, 1953

What day of the week was August 13, 1953?: August 13, 1953 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 13, 1953?: Someone born on August 13, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 13, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 13, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 13, 1953?: Someone born on August 13, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,747 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 13, 1953?: On August 13, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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