What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 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 12, 1972?

On August 12, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Saturday

Born on August 12, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on August 12, 1972

Mark Kinsella

Irish footballer

Born the same week

Juanes

August 9 · Colombian musician (born 1972)

Ma Mingyu

August 10 · Chinese footballer (born 1972)

Hani Hanjour

August 13 · Saudi Arabian hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77

Yoo Jae-suk

August 14 · South Korean comedian, presenter

Ben Affleck

August 15 · American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)

What happened that day

Oil tankers Oswego-Guardian and Texanita collide near Stilbaai, South Africa.

Also that week

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.
An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 on board perish.
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.
The first daytime episode of the second incarnation of the American game show The Price Is Right is taped at CBS Television City, to be aired on September 4.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 12, 1972 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 12, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 12, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,808 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Muhammad Ahmad ibn ʿAbdallah
1844 · Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi
Cecil B. DeMille
1881 · American film director, producer and actor
Erwin Schrödinger
1887 · Austrian physicist
George Soros
1930 · Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born )

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Questions about August 12, 1972

What day of the week was August 12, 1972?: August 12, 1972 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 12, 1972?: Someone born on August 12, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 12, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 12, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 12, 1972?: Someone born on August 12, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,808 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 12, 1972?: On August 12, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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