What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 30, 1955?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 30, 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 30, 1955?

On August 30, 1955 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on August 30, 1955?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Wood Goat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
71 years

Famous people born on August 30, 1955

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Rod Davis

August 27 · sailor

Bernarda Fink

August 29 · Argentine mezzo-soprano

Frank Hoste

August 29 · cyclist

Vladimir Norov

August 31 · Uzbekistani politician and diplomat

Maureen George

September 1 · field hockey player

Florența Mihai

September 2 · Romanian tennis player (1955–2015)

What happened that week

Black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched and shot in the head for allegedly whistling at a white woman in Money, Mississippi; his white murderers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, are acquitted by an all-white jury.
Under the guidance of Dr. Humphry Osmond, Christopher Mayhew ingests 400 mg of mescaline hydrochloride and allows himself to be filmed as part of a Panorama special for BBC TV in the U.K. that is never broadcast.
Satyajit Ray's film Pather Panchali is released in India.
Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" in New Orleans; it is released in October.
Istanbul pogrom: Istanbul's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored pogrom.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

August 30, 1955 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 30, 1955 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 30, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,000 days. People born in 1955 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 30

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jacques-Louis David
1748 · French painter
Mary Shelley
1797 · English writer
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 · Dutch physical and organic chemist
Ernest Rutherford
1871 · New Zealand physicist
Warren Buffett
1930 · American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

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Questions about August 30, 1955

What day of the week was August 30, 1955?: August 30, 1955 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 30, 1955?: Someone born on August 30, 1955 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 30, 1955?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 30, 1955 falls in the year of the Wood Goat.
How old is someone born on August 30, 1955?: Someone born on August 30, 1955 is 71 years old today and has lived about 26,000 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 30, 1955?: On August 30, 1955 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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