What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1960?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 16, 1960?

On August 16, 1960 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on August 16, 1960?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
66 years

Famous people born on August 16, 1960

Franz Welser-Möst

Austrian conductor

Marine Petrossian

Soviet poet and opinion journalist

Rosa Zafferani

Captain Regent of San Marino

Born the same week

Denis N'Canha

August 15 · Bissau-Guinean military officer

Sean Penn

August 17 · American actor

Juan Afara

August 19 · Paraguayan politician

What happened that day

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus receives its independence from the United Kingdom.
United States Air Force pilot Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at an altitude of about as part of Project Excelsior. Kittinger sets world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16.0 miles (25.7 kilometers) before opening his parachute; first space dive, and fastest speed attained by a human being without mechanical or chemical assistance, about 982 k.p.h (614 m.p.h.). Kittinger survives more or less uninjured. (He becomes the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon, and is the first man fully to witness the spherical curvature of the Earth. Felix Baumgartner breaks his space diving record in 2012.)

Also that week

Middle Congo becomes independent from France, as the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).
Gabon becomes independent from France.
The trial of American U-2 pilot Gary Powers begins in Moscow.
Ubangi-Shari becomes independent from France, as the Central African Republic. It later becomes the Central African Empire.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

It's Now Or Never

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

🎵 No. 1 song

August 16, 1960 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 16, 1960 is a Leo. Someone born on August 16, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,187 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Cayley
1821 · English mathematician
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 · German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor
T. E. Lawrence
1888 · British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat
James Cameron
1954 · Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born )
Madonna
1958 · American singer, songwriter, and actress (born )

Questions about August 16, 1960

What day of the week was August 16, 1960?: August 16, 1960 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 16, 1960?: Someone born on August 16, 1960 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on August 16, 1960?: Someone born on August 16, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,187 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1960?: People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 16, 1960?: On August 16, 1960 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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