What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 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 17, 1972?

On August 17, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on August 17, 1972?

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

Famous people born on August 17, 1972

Andreas Schlütter

German cross-country skier

Chiquinquirá Delgado

Venezuelan actress

Habibul Bashar

cricketer

Born the same week

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 week

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 17, 1972 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,803 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Pierre de Fermat
1601 · French mathematician and lawyer
John III Sobieski
1629 · King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Menilek II
1844 · Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa
Samuel Goldwyn
1882 · Polish-American film producer
Marcus Garvey
1887 · Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur
Mae West
1893 · American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
Jiang Zemin
1926 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
V. S. Naipaul
1932 · Trinidadian-British writer
Robert De Niro
1943 · American actor (born )

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Questions about August 17, 1972

What day of the week was August 17, 1972?: August 17, 1972 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1972?: Someone born on August 17, 1972 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1972?: Someone born on August 17, 1972 is 54 years old today and has lived about 19,803 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 17, 1972?: On August 17, 1972 the moon was a First Quarter.

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