What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 18, 1960?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 18, 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 18, 1960?

On October 18, 1960 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Tuesday

Born on October 18, 1960?

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

Famous people born on October 18, 1960

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist (born 1960)

Born the same week

Osvaldo Escudero

October 15 · Argentine association football player

Konca Kuriş

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

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

I Want To Be Wanted

Brenda Lee

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🎵 No. 1 song

October 18, 1960 was a Tuesday. Someone born on October 18, 1960 is a Libra. Someone born on October 18, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,124 days. People born in 1960 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Eugene of Savoy
1663 · prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire
Henri Bergson
1859 · French philosopher
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1905 · First President of Ivory Coast, from to
Pierre Trudeau
1919 · Prime Minister of Canada from to and to
Chuck Berry
1926 · American musician
Martina Navratilova
1956 · Czech-American tennis player

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Questions about October 18, 1960

What day of the week was October 18, 1960?: October 18, 1960 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on October 18, 1960?: Someone born on October 18, 1960 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 18, 1960?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 18, 1960 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on October 18, 1960?: Someone born on October 18, 1960 is 66 years old today and has lived about 24,124 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 18, 1960?: On October 18, 1960 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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