What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1962?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 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 23, 1962?

On August 23, 1962 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on August 23, 1962?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Water Tiger
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
64 years

Famous people born on August 23, 1962

Hassan Mohamed

Emirati footballer

Born the same week

Taslima Nasrin

August 25 · author, secular humanist, and feminist

Mutabar Tadjibayeva

August 25 · Uzbekistani journalist

Tariq Ramadan

August 26 · Swiss Muslim scholar

Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

August 26 · Icelandic writer

Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco

August 26 · alawite princess of Morocco

What happened that week

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.
Indonesia officially launches television with the establishment of TVRI television network or Televisi Republik Indonesia (Indonesian National Channel), broadcasting the opening of the 1962 Asian Games.
NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe.
Norway launches its 1st sounding rocket, Ferdinand 1, from Andøya Space Center and becomes a space nation.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Loco-Motion

Little Eva

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 23, 1962 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 23, 1962 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 23, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,450 days. People born in 1962 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on August 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis XVI of France
1754 · King of France and Navarre from to , then King of the French from to
Georges Cuvier
1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist
Gene Kelly
1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
Clifford Geertz
1926 · American anthropologist

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Questions about August 23, 1962

What day of the week was August 23, 1962?: August 23, 1962 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 23, 1962?: Someone born on August 23, 1962 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1962?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1962 falls in the year of the Water Tiger.
How old is someone born on August 23, 1962?: Someone born on August 23, 1962 is 64 years old today and has lived about 23,450 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 23, 1962?: On August 23, 1962 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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