What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 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 15, 1972?

On August 15, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on August 15, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
54 years

Famous people born on August 15, 1972

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)

Born the same week

Mark Kinsella

August 12 · Irish footballer

Hani Hanjour

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

Yoo Jae-suk

August 14 · South Korean comedian, presenter

Laurent Lamothe

August 14 · Haitian politician

Ibrahim Al-Helwah

August 18 · Saudi Arabian footballer

What happened that week

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.
Oil tankers Oswego-Guardian and Texanita collide near Stilbaai, South Africa.
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.
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 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 15, 1972 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 15, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 15, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,805 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Napoleon
1769 · French military leader, French Emperor – and again in
Walter Scott
1771 · Scottish novelist, poet and playwright
Aurobindo Ghosh
1872 · Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist
Louis de Broglie
1892 · Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter

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Questions about August 15, 1972

What day of the week was August 15, 1972?: August 15, 1972 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 15, 1972?: Someone born on August 15, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 15, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 15, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 15, 1972?: Someone born on August 15, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,805 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 15, 1972?: On August 15, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

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