What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 10, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 10, 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 10, 1972?

On August 10, 1972 the moon was a New Moon.

A Thursday

Born on August 10, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on August 10, 1972

Ma Mingyu

Chinese footballer (born 1972)

Zhuang Yong

Chinese swimmer

Miro Jurić

Croatian basketball player (born 1972)

Chon Hye-yong

North Korean singer

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Oil tankers Oswego-Guardian and Texanita collide near Stilbaai, South Africa.
An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 on board perish.
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.
As part of a coup attempt, members of the Royal Moroccan Air Force fire upon, but fail to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 10, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 10, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 10, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,810 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 10

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Camillo Benso di Cavour
1810 · first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in
Jorge Amado
1912 · Brazilian writer

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Questions about August 10, 1972

What day of the week was August 10, 1972?: August 10, 1972 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 10, 1972?: Someone born on August 10, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 10, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 10, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 10, 1972?: Someone born on August 10, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,810 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 10, 1972?: On August 10, 1972 the moon was a New Moon.

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