What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 28, 1972?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 28, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 28, 1972?

On December 28, 1972 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on December 28, 1972?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Water Rat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on December 28, 1972

Cristina Branco

Portuguese singer

Patrick Rafter

Australian tennis player

Roberto Palacios

Peruvian footballer

Supakorn Kitsuwon

Thai actor

What happened that day

The bones of Nazi Party official Martin Bormann are discovered in Berlin during construction work.

Also that week

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Everglades in Florida, killing 101 of 176 on board. It is the first hull loss of a wide-body aircraft.
For the first and last time, a 2nd leap second is added (23:59:60) to a year, making 1972 366 days and two seconds long, the longest year ever within the context of UTC.
The 6.2 Nicaragua earthquake kills 5,000–11,000 people in the capital Managua. President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is later accused of not distributing millions of dollars worth of foreign aid.
Swedish Prime minister Olof Palme compares the American bombings of North Vietnam to Nazi massacres. The U.S. breaks diplomatic contact with Sweden.
Asker accident: Braathens SAFE Flight 239 crashes during approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Norway; forty people on board are killed.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Me And Mrs. Jones

Billy Paul

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 28, 1972 was a Thursday. Someone born on December 28, 1972 is a Capricorn. Someone born on December 28, 1972 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,670 days. People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.

Also born on December 28

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Woodrow Wilson
1856 · 28th President of the United States
F. W. Murnau
1888 · German film director
John von Neumann
1903 · Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist
Stan Lee
1922 · American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer
Linus Torvalds
1969 · Finnish software engineer (born )

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Questions about December 28, 1972

What day of the week was December 28, 1972?: December 28, 1972 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on December 28, 1972?: Someone born on December 28, 1972 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 28, 1972?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 28, 1972 falls in the year of the Water Rat.
How old is someone born on December 28, 1972?: Someone born on December 28, 1972 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,670 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1972?: People born in 1972 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 28, 1972?: On December 28, 1972 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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