What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 8, 1963?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 8, 1963 falls in the year of the Water Rabbit.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 8, 1963?

On December 8, 1963 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Sunday

Born on December 8, 1963?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐇 Chinese zodiac
Water Rabbit
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
62 years

Famous people born on December 8, 1963

Lee Jae Myung

President of South Korea since 2025

Born the same week

Pavel Vrba

December 6 · Czech association football player and coach

Empress Masako

December 9 · empress consort of Japan

Zurab Zhvania

December 9 · Prime Minister of Georgia (1963-2005)

Bárbara Palacios Teyde

December 9 · writer, former TV show host, former minister of tourism in Venezuela

Mohamed Ould Bilal

December 10 · Mauritanian politician

What happened that day

A lightning strike causes the crash of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing 81 people.

Also that week

The first instant replay system to use videotape instead of film is used by Tony Verna, a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the Army–Navy Game of college football played in Philadelphia, United States.
Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
Chuck Yeager narrowly escapes death while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer when his aircraft goes out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashes. He parachutes to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights.
The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near Cuxhaven. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the Soviet Union protests this action.
The second period of the Second Vatican Council closes.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Dominique

The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 8, 1963 was a Sunday. Someone born on December 8, 1963 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 8, 1963 is 62 years old today and has lived about 22,979 days. People born in 1963 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on December 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary, Queen of Scots
1542 · Queen of Scotland from to
Georges Méliès
1861 · French filmmaker and illusionist
Jean Sibelius
1865 · Finnish composer
Diego Rivera
1886 · Mexican muralist

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Questions about December 8, 1963

What day of the week was December 8, 1963?: December 8, 1963 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on December 8, 1963?: Someone born on December 8, 1963 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 8, 1963?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 8, 1963 falls in the year of the Water Rabbit.
How old is someone born on December 8, 1963?: Someone born on December 8, 1963 is 62 years old today and has lived about 22,979 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1963?: People born in 1963 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 8, 1963?: On December 8, 1963 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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