What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 2, 1953?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 2, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 2, 1953?

On December 2, 1953 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on December 2, 1953?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Water Snake
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
72 years

Famous people born on December 2, 1953

Hoshyar Zebari

Iraqi Kurdish politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance

Atif Dudaković

Bosnian general

Eusebio Grados

Peruvian singer (1953-2020)

Born the same week

Huub Stevens

November 29 · Dutch association football player and manager

Jean-Marie Pfaff

December 4 · Belgian association football player and manager

Phumtham Wechayachai

December 5 · Acting Prime Minister of Thailand from 14 to 16 August 2024 and from July to September 2025

What happened that day

The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.

Also that week

Kabaka crisis: Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
First Indochina War: Battle of Dien Bien Phu – French paratroopers consolidate their position at Điện Biên Phủ.
With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, Eroica, for the last time. The live performance is broadcast across the United States on radio, and later released on records and CD.
A visit to Iran by American Vice President Richard Nixon sparks several days of riots, as a reaction to the August 19 overthrow of the government of Mohammed Mossadegh by the U.S.-backed Shah. Three students are shot dead by police in Tehran. This event becomes an annual commemoration.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his Atoms for Peace address, to the United Nations General Assembly.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

December 2, 1953 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 2, 1953 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 2, 1953 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,636 days. People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pedro II of Brazil
1825 · 2nd and final Emperor of Brazil (r. –89)
Georges Seurat
1859 · French painter
Georgy Zhukov
1896 · Marshal of the Soviet Union
Maria Meneghini Callas
1923 · American-Greek operatic soprano

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Questions about December 2, 1953

What day of the week was December 2, 1953?: December 2, 1953 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 2, 1953?: Someone born on December 2, 1953 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 2, 1953?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 2, 1953 falls in the year of the Water Snake.
How old is someone born on December 2, 1953?: Someone born on December 2, 1953 is 72 years old today and has lived about 26,636 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1953?: People born in 1953 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 2, 1953?: On December 2, 1953 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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