What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 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 17, 1953?

On August 17, 1953 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Monday

Born on August 17, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
73 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1953

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)

Robert Thirsk

Canadian astronaut

Dragan Kićanović

basketball player

Julio Rubiano

Colombian bicycle racer

Joseph Kamga

Cameroonian footballer

Manuel Keosseián

Uruguayan footballer

What happened that day

The first planning session of Narcotics Anonymous is held in Southern California (see October 5).

Also that week

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 French government ousts King Mohammed V of Morocco, and exiles him to Corsica.
Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1953 was a Monday. Someone born on August 17, 1953 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,743 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pierre de Fermat
1601 · French mathematician and lawyer
John III Sobieski
1629 · King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Menilek II
1844 · Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa
Samuel Goldwyn
1882 · Polish-American film producer
Marcus Garvey
1887 · Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur
Mae West
1893 · American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
Jiang Zemin
1926 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
V. S. Naipaul
1932 · Trinidadian-British writer
Robert De Niro
1943 · American actor (born )

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Questions about August 17, 1953

What day of the week was August 17, 1953?: August 17, 1953 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1953?: Someone born on August 17, 1953 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1953?: Someone born on August 17, 1953 is 73 years old today and has lived about 26,743 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 17, 1953?: On August 17, 1953 the moon was a First Quarter.

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