What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1960?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 17, 1960?

On October 17, 1960 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Monday

Born on October 17, 1960?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
66 years

Famous people born on October 17, 1960

Sarunyoo Wongkrachang

Thai actor

Born the same week

Konca Kuriş

October 16 · Turkish writer and self-described feminist (1960–1998)

Jean-Claude Van Damme

October 18 · Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)

Beate Eriksen

October 19 · Norwegian director and actor

Takeshi Koshida

October 19 · Japanese association football player

Pavel Grudinin

October 20 · Russian politician

What happened that week

Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps of the United States.
The Premier of New South Wales officially opens Warragamba Dam, one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.
Cold War: Shoe-banging incident – Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, his way of protesting the discussion of the Soviet Union's policies toward Eastern Europe. In summarily adjourning the meeting, Assembly President Frederick Boland (Ireland) slams his gavel, Thor's gavel, down so hard that it breaks.
Nedelin catastrophe: A large rocket explodes on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, killing at least 92 people of the Soviet space program.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Save The Last Dance For Me

The Drifters

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🎵 No. 1 song

October 17, 1960 was a Monday. Someone born on October 17, 1960 is a Libra. Someone born on October 17, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,125 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Miller
1915 · American playwright and essayist

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Questions about October 17, 1960

What day of the week was October 17, 1960?: October 17, 1960 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on October 17, 1960?: Someone born on October 17, 1960 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on October 17, 1960?: Someone born on October 17, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,125 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1960?: People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 17, 1960?: On October 17, 1960 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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