What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1961?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1961?

On August 17, 1961 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on August 17, 1961?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Metal Ox
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
65 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1961

Kati Outinen

Finnish actress

Ignace Bessi Dogbo

Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate

Aleksandar Markov

Bulgarian footballer

Lydia Mutsch

Luxembourgian politician

Ranko Krivokapić

Montenegrin politician

What happened that week

Berlin Crisis of 1961: Construction of the Berlin Wall begins, restricting movement between East Berlin and West Berlin, and forming a clear boundary between West Germany and East Germany, Western Europe and Eastern Europe (until 1989, when Berlin and Germany both reunified in 1990, following the Fall of the Berlin Wall). On August 22 Ida Siekmann jumps from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to the West, becoming the first of at least 138 deaths at the Wall.
Rebel leader Jomo Kenyatta is released from prison in Kenya.
An annular solar eclipse is visible from the Southern Ocean.
The United Kingdom applies for membership in the European Economic Community.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Tossin' And Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1961 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 17, 1961 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,821 days. People born in 1961 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 )

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Questions about August 17, 1961

What day of the week was August 17, 1961?: August 17, 1961 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1961?: Someone born on August 17, 1961 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1961?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1961 falls in the year of the Metal Ox.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1961?: Someone born on August 17, 1961 is 65 years old today and has lived about 23,821 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1961?: People born in 1961 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, 1961?: On August 17, 1961 the moon was a First Quarter.

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