What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1958?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1958 falls in the year of the Earth Dog.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1958?

On August 17, 1958 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Sunday

Born on August 17, 1958?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dog
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
68 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1958

Zabyah Khamis

Emirati poet and novelist

Born the same week

Carlos Tavares

August 14 · Portuguese businessman

Madonna

August 16 · American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

Anne L'Huillier

August 16 · French physicist

José Luis Clerc

August 16 · Argentine tennis player

Hilario Zapata

August 19 · Panamanian boxer

What happened that day

The first Thor-Able rocket is launched, carrying Pioneer 0, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17. The launch fails due to a first stage malfunction.

Also that week

Brojen Das from East Pakistan swims across the English Channel in a competition, the first Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He is first among 39 competitors.
KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashes into the Atlantic with 99 people aboard, all of whom are killed.
October 15 – Illinois observes the centennial of the Lincoln–Douglas debates.
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army shelling the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) which is controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s Kuomintang forces.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)

Domenico Modugno

🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1958 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 17, 1958 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1958 is 68 years old today and has lived about 24,916 days. People born in 1958 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 )

Questions about August 17, 1958

What day of the week was August 17, 1958?: August 17, 1958 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1958?: Someone born on August 17, 1958 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1958?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1958 falls in the year of the Earth Dog.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1958?: Someone born on August 17, 1958 is 68 years old today and has lived about 24,916 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1958?: People born in 1958 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, 1958?: On August 17, 1958 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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