What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 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 16, 1972?

On August 16, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Wednesday

Born on August 16, 1972?

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

Famous people born on August 16, 1972

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

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

Ben Affleck

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

Ibrahim Al-Helwah

August 18 · Saudi Arabian footballer

Roberto Abbondanzieri

August 19 · Argentine association football player

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 on board perish.
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.
Oil tankers Oswego-Guardian and Texanita collide near Stilbaai, South Africa.
The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 16, 1972 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 16, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 16, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,804 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Arthur Cayley
1821 · English mathematician
Wilhelm Wundt
1832 · German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor
T. E. Lawrence
1888 · British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat
James Cameron
1954 · Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born )
Madonna
1958 · American singer, songwriter, and actress (born )

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Questions about August 16, 1972

What day of the week was August 16, 1972?: August 16, 1972 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 16, 1972?: Someone born on August 16, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 16, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 16, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 16, 1972?: Someone born on August 16, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,804 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 16, 1972?: On August 16, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

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