What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 4, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 4, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 4, 1972?

On August 4, 1972 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Friday

Born on August 4, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on August 4, 1972

Audrey Azoulay

French politician (1972-)

Predrag Đorđević

Serbian footballer (1972-)

🎂

Daniel Šarić

Croatian footballer

José Vicente García

road bicycle racer

Eva Amaral

Spanish singer-songwriter

Dan Payne

Canadian actor

Michael Grant

boxer from the United States

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Justin Keen

British racing driver

What happened that day

Expulsion of Asians from Uganda: Dictator Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50,000 Asians with British passports to Britain within 3 months. Most of their property is confiscated.
August 1972 solar storms: A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable lines in the U.S. It begins with the appearance of sunspots on August 2; an August 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until August 10.

Also that week

The Troubles, Northern Ireland:
Operation Motorman 4:00 AM: The British Army begins to regain control of the "no-go areas" established by Irish republican paramilitaries in Belfast, Derry ("Free Derry") and Newry.
Claudy bombing ("Bloody Monday"), 10:00 AM: Three car bombs in Claudy, County Londonderry, kill nine. It becomes public knowledge only in 2010 that a local Catholic priest was an IRA officer believed to be involved in the bombings but his role was covered up by the authorities.
1972 Great Daylight Fireball: A brilliant meteor is seen in the western U.S. and Canada as an Apollo asteroid skips off the Earth's atmosphere.

Famous people born on August 4, 1972

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

August 4, 1972 was a Friday. Someone born on August 4, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 4, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,815 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 4

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792 · British Romantic poet
William Rowan Hamilton
1805 · Irish mathematician and astronomer
Knut Hamsun
1859 · Norwegian novelist
Louis Armstrong
1901 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer
Yasser Arafat
1929 · Palestinian political leader and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority
Barack Obama
1961 · 44th President of the United States

Questions about August 4, 1972

What day of the week was August 4, 1972?: August 4, 1972 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 4, 1972?: Someone born on August 4, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 4, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 4, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 4, 1972?: Someone born on August 4, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,815 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1972?: People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 4, 1972?: On August 4, 1972 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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