What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1964?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 1964 falls in the year of the Wood Dragon.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 17, 1964?

On October 17, 1964 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on October 17, 1964?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Wood Dragon
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
62 years

Famous people born on October 17, 1964

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Rodrigo Leão

October 15 · Portuguese musician and composer

Irina Sumnikova

October 15 · Russian basketball player

Carlos Alfaro Moreno

October 18 · Argentine footballer

Agnès Jaoui

October 19 · French actress, film director, screenwriter and singer

Kamala Harris

October 20 · Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Luciano

October 20 · Jamaican second-generation roots reggae artist and poet

What happened that day

596 (nuclear test): The People's Republic of China explodes an atomic bomb in Sinkiang.

Also that week

1964 United Kingdom general election: The Labour Party wins a narrow victory over Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative Party, which has been in power for 13 years. The new prime minister is Harold Wilson.
American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States.
15 – Nikita Khrushchev is deposed as leader of the Soviet Union; Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin assume power.
The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits. The flight is cut short and lands again on October 13 after 16 orbits.
Canada: A Federal Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects a design to become the new official Flag of Canada.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Manfred Mann

🎵 No. 1 song

October 17, 1964 was a Saturday. Someone born on October 17, 1964 is a Libra. Someone born on October 17, 1964 is 62 years old today and has lived about 22,663 days. People born in 1964 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on October 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Miller
1915 · American playwright and essayist

Questions about October 17, 1964

What day of the week was October 17, 1964?: October 17, 1964 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on October 17, 1964?: Someone born on October 17, 1964 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 17, 1964?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 17, 1964 falls in the year of the Wood Dragon.
How old is someone born on October 17, 1964?: Someone born on October 17, 1964 is 62 years old today and has lived about 22,663 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1964?: People born in 1964 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 17, 1964?: On October 17, 1964 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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