What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 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 15, 1953?

On August 15, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Saturday

Born on August 15, 1953?

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

Famous people born on August 15, 1953

Rigoberto Cisneros

Mexican footballer

Mohamed Béavogui

Prime minister of Guinea

Hamilton Mourão

vice president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023 and Federal Senator for the state of Rio Grande do Sul since 2023.

Zera Yacob, Crown Prince of Ethiopia

Head of the House of Solomon

Vigdís Grímsdóttir

Icelandic writer

Jan Kraus

Czech actor and presenter

Shahrizat Abdul Jalil

Malaysian politician

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
The first planning session of Narcotics Anonymous is held in Southern California (see October 5).
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.
The French government ousts King Mohammed V of Morocco, and exiles him to Corsica.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 15, 1953 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 15, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,745 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in
Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright
Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist
Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter

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Questions about August 15, 1953

What day of the week was August 15, 1953?: August 15, 1953 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1953?: Someone born on August 15, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 15, 1953?: Someone born on August 15, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,745 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 15, 1953?: On August 15, 1953 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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