What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 8, 1973?

On August 8, 1973 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on August 8, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on August 8, 1973

Abdellah Taïa

Moroccan writer and journalist

Garth Joseph

Dominica basketball player

Morris East

boxer

Born the same week

Filippo Inzaghi

August 9 · Italian footballer and manager

Ionel Ganea

August 10 · Romanian football coach and former player

Javier Zanetti

August 10 · Argentine association football player (born 1973)

What happened that day

South Korean politician Kim Dae-jung is kidnapped in Tokyo by the KCIA.

Also that week

Black September members open fire at the Athens airport; 3 people are killed, 55 injured.
Mars 6, also known as 3MP No. 50P, is launched by the Soviet Union to explore Mars.
A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) is inaugurated.
The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the Case–Church Amendment-an act that prohibits military operations in Laos, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam as a follow-up of the Paris Peace Accords.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Morning After

Maureen McGovern

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 8, 1973 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 8, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on August 8, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,447 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Emiliano Zapata
1879 · Mexican revolutionary
Ernest Lawrence
1901 · American nuclear physicist
Paul Dirac
1902 · British theoretical physicist

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Questions about August 8, 1973

What day of the week was August 8, 1973?: August 8, 1973 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 8, 1973?: Someone born on August 8, 1973 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on August 8, 1973?: Someone born on August 8, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,447 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1973?: People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 8, 1973?: On August 8, 1973 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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