What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 14, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 14, 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 14, 1972?

On August 14, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Monday

Born on August 14, 1972?

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

Famous people born on August 14, 1972

Yoo Jae-suk

South Korean comedian, presenter

Laurent Lamothe

Haitian politician

Yamilé Aldama

Cuban-born triple jumper, represented Cuba until 2003, Sudan from 2004 to 2010, then Great Britain

Born the same week

Mark Kinsella

August 12 · Irish footballer

Hani Hanjour

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

Ben Affleck

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

What happened that day

An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 on board perish.

Also that week

Oil tankers Oswego-Guardian and Texanita collide near Stilbaai, South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 14, 1972 was a Monday. Someone born on August 14, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 14, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,806 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 14

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia
1688 · king of Prussia
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 · Danish physicist and chemist

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Questions about August 14, 1972

What day of the week was August 14, 1972?: August 14, 1972 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 14, 1972?: Someone born on August 14, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 14, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 14, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 14, 1972?: Someone born on August 14, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,806 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 14, 1972?: On August 14, 1972 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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