What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1955?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1955?

On August 17, 1955 the moon was a New Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on August 17, 1955?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
71 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1955

Mariana Efstratiou

Greek singer

Born the same week

Güler Sabancı

August 14 · Turkish businessperson (born 1955)

Ali Laarayedh

August 15 · Tunisian politician

Taher Elgamal

August 18 · American cryptographer

Djoomart Otorbaev

August 18 · Kyrgyzstani politician

Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak

August 19 · Coptic Catholic Patriarch

What happened that week

The First Sudanese Civil War begins.
The first meeting of the Organization of Central American States (, ODECA) is held, in Antigua Guatemala.
Hurricane Diane hits the northeastern United States, killing over 200 people and causing over $1 billion in damage.
Hundreds of people are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
Eleven schoolchildren are killed when their school bus is hit by a freight train in Spring City, Tennessee.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1955 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 17, 1955 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,013 days. People born in 1955 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, 1955

What day of the week was August 17, 1955?: August 17, 1955 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1955?: Someone born on August 17, 1955 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1955?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1955?: Someone born on August 17, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,013 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1955?: People born in 1955 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, 1955?: On August 17, 1955 the moon was a New Moon.

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