What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 18, 1962?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 18, 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 18, 1962?

On August 18, 1962 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on August 18, 1962?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Water Tiger
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
64 years

Famous people born on August 18, 1962

Felipe Calderón

63th President of Mexico

Mariya Ahmed Didi

Maldivian Democratic Party politician

Sergey Dvortsevoy

Kazakh film director (born 1962)

Born the same week

Rıdvan Dilmen

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

François Zahoui

August 21 · Ivorian football player and manager (born 1961)

Gilberto Santa Rosa

August 21 · Puerto Rican musician

What happened that day

Norway launches its 1st sounding rocket, Ferdinand 1, from Andøya Space Center and becomes a space nation.

Also that week

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.
Algeria joins the Arab League.
The New York Agreement is signed, transferring the Dutch West New Guinea colony to Indonesia.
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.
First successful ascent of the Matterhorn's west face, by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Neil Sedaka

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 18, 1962 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 18, 1962 is a Leo. Someone born on August 18, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,455 days. People born in 1962 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Franz Joseph I of Austria
1830 · Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
1863 · Russian chemist and photographer
Roman Polanski
1933 · French-Polish filmmaker (born )

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Questions about August 18, 1962

What day of the week was August 18, 1962?: August 18, 1962 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 18, 1962?: Someone born on August 18, 1962 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 18, 1962?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 18, 1962 falls in the year of the Water Tiger.
How old is someone born on August 18, 1962?: Someone born on August 18, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,455 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 18, 1962?: On August 18, 1962 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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