What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 2, 1960?

In the Chinese zodiac, July 2, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for July?

The birthstone for July is ruby.

What was the moon phase on July 2, 1960?

On July 2, 1960 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on July 2, 1960?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♋ Star sign
Cancer
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
66 years

Famous people born on July 2, 1960

Elmar Mammadyarov

Azerbaijani diplomat

Maria Lourdes Sereno

De facto Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2012 to 2018

Born the same week

James Kwesi Appiah

June 30 · Ex Ghanaian footballer and the head coach of the black stars of Ghana

Abu Qatada

July 1 · Islamic cleric, alleged al-Qaeda member

Saddam Kamel

July 1 · Iraqi defector (1960–1996)

Roland Ratzenberger

July 4 · Austrian racing driver (1960–1994)

What happened that week

Ghana becomes a republic, and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President.
Cold War: A Soviet Air Force MiG-19 fighter plane flying north of Murmansk, Russia, over the Barents Sea, shoots down a six-man RB-47 Stratojet reconnaissance plane of the U.S. Air Force. Four of the U.S. Air Force officers are killed, and the two survivors are held prisoner in the Soviet Union.
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.
The French Grand Prix is won by Australian Jack Brabham driving a Cooper T53.
The Belgian Congo receives its independence from Belgium, as the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). A civil war follows shortly.
Public demonstrations by democratic and left forces against Italian government support of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement are heavily suppressed by police.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

Connie Francis

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🎵 No. 1 song

July 2, 1960 was a Saturday. Someone born on July 2, 1960 is a Cancer. Someone born on July 2, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,232 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on July 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Thomas Cranmer
1489 · leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
William Henry Bragg
1862 · British scientist
Hermann Hesse
1877 · Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter
Hans Bethe
1906 · German-American nuclear physicist
Patrice Lumumba
1925 · Congolese politician and independence leader

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Questions about July 2, 1960

What day of the week was July 2, 1960?: July 2, 1960 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on July 2, 1960?: Someone born on July 2, 1960 is a Cancer.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 2, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, July 2, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on July 2, 1960?: Someone born on July 2, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,232 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1960?: People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for July?: The birthstone for July is ruby.
What was the moon phase on July 2, 1960?: On July 2, 1960 the moon was a First Quarter.

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