What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1962?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1962 falls in the year of the Water Tiger.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1962?

On August 17, 1962 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Friday

Born on August 17, 1962?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Water Tiger
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
64 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1962

Yevhen Yarovenko

Kazakhstani and Ukrainian footballer (born 1963)

Born the same week

Ikililou Dhoinine

August 14 · Comoros president

Gustavo Alfaro

August 14 · Argentine football player and manager

Rıdvan Dilmen

August 15 · Turkish association football player and manager (born 1962)

Felipe Calderón

August 18 · 63th President of Mexico

Mariya Ahmed Didi

August 18 · Maldivian Democratic Party politician

What happened that day

East German border guards kill 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin, leading to mass protests on the Western side.

Also that week

Algeria joins the Arab League.
Norway launches its 1st sounding rocket, Ferdinand 1, from Andøya Space Center and becomes a space nation.
The New York Agreement is signed, transferring the Dutch West New Guinea colony to Indonesia.
First successful ascent of the Matterhorn's west face, by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.
Petit-Clamart attack: An assassination attempt is made against French President Charles de Gaulle by machine-gunning his car in the Paris suburbs. The mastermind, Jean Bastien-Thiry, will later be executed.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Neil Sedaka

🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1962 was a Friday. Someone born on August 17, 1962 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,456 days. People born in 1962 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 )

Questions about August 17, 1962

What day of the week was August 17, 1962?: August 17, 1962 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1962?: Someone born on August 17, 1962 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1962?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1962 falls in the year of the Water Tiger.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1962?: Someone born on August 17, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,456 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1962?: People born in 1962 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, 1962?: On August 17, 1962 the moon was a Full Moon.

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