What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 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 9, 1973?

On August 9, 1973 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on August 9, 1973?

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

Famous people born on August 9, 1973

Filippo Inzaghi

Italian footballer and manager

Oleksandr Ponomariov

Ukrainian singer

Born the same week

Kevin Muscat

August 7 · Australian association football player and manager

Ionel Ganea

August 10 · Romanian football coach and former player

Javier Zanetti

August 10 · Argentine association football player (born 1973)

Raman Halowchanka

August 10 · Belarusian diplomat, politician & banker

What happened that week

South Korean politician Kim Dae-jung is kidnapped in Tokyo by the KCIA.
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.
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.
A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Morning After

Maureen McGovern

🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 1973 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 9, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,445 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Dryden
1631 · 17th-century English poet and playwright
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 · Italian scientist
Jean Piaget
1896 · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic
Rod Laver
1938 · Australian tennis player

Questions about August 9, 1973

What day of the week was August 9, 1973?: August 9, 1973 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1973?: Someone born on August 9, 1973 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on August 9, 1973?: Someone born on August 9, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,445 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 9, 1973?: On August 9, 1973 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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