What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 8, 1968?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 8, 1968 falls in the year of the Earth Monkey.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 8, 1968?

On April 8, 1968 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on April 8, 1968?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♈ Star sign
Aries
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Earth Monkey
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
58 years

Famous people born on April 8, 1968

Susana Harp

Mexican singer and politician

Darius Dimavičius

Lithuanian basketball player (born 1968)

Born the same week

Rosen Zhelyazkov

April 5 · Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2025

Christophe Ohrel

April 7 · Swiss footballer

Aleš Čeh

April 7 · Slovenian footballer

Sergey Lukyanenko

April 11 · Russian author (born 1968)

What happened that week

13th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winning song, Spain's "La, la, la" (music and lyrics by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa) is sung in Spanish by Massiel after Spanish authorities refuse to allow Joan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. The United Kingdom finishes in second place, one point behind, with the song "Congratulations" sung by Cliff Richard, which goes on to outsell the winning Spanish entry throughout Europe.
A shootout between Black Panthers and police in Oakland, California, United States, results in several arrests and deaths, including 17-year-old Panther Bobby Hutton.
Richmond, Indiana explosion: A double explosion in downtown Richmond caused by a methane leak kills 41 and injures 150.
The ferry strikes a reef at the mouth of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, with the loss of 53 lives, in Cyclone Giselle, which has created the windiest conditions ever recorded in New Zealand.
Josef Bachmann tries to assassinate Rudi Dutschke, leader of the left-wing movement (APO) in Germany, and tries to commit suicide afterwards, failing in both, although Dutschke dies of his brain injuries 11 years later.
German left-wing students blockade the Springer Press headquarters in Berlin and many are arrested (one of them Ulrike Meinhof).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Honey

Bobby Goldsboro

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🎵 No. 1 song

April 8, 1968 was a Monday. Someone born on April 8, 1968 is a Aries. Someone born on April 8, 1968 is 58 years old today and has lived about 21,395 days. People born in 1968 belong to Generation X.

Also born on April 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Juan Ponce de León
1460 · Spanish explorer and conquistador
Edmund Husserl
1859 · German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology
Mary Pickford
1892 · Canadian actress and producer
Sonja Henie
1912 · Norwegian figure skater and actress
Kofi Annan
1938 · 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Questions about April 8, 1968

What day of the week was April 8, 1968?: April 8, 1968 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on April 8, 1968?: Someone born on April 8, 1968 is a Aries.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 8, 1968?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 8, 1968 falls in the year of the Earth Monkey.
How old is someone born on April 8, 1968?: Someone born on April 8, 1968 is 58 years old today and has lived about 21,395 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1968?: People born in 1968 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 8, 1968?: On April 8, 1968 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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