What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 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 17, 1973?

On August 17, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on August 17, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1973

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Jared Borgetti

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Jay-Jay Okocha

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Lubna Azabal

August 15 · Belgian actress

Milan Rapaić

August 16 · Croatian footballer

Marco Materazzi

August 19 · Italian association football player and manager

Queen Mette-Marit of Norway

August 19 · Queen of Norway (2026)

What happened that week

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.
The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Touch Me In The Morning

Diana Ross

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1973 was a Friday. Someone born on August 17, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,438 days. People born in 1973 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, 1973

What day of the week was August 17, 1973?: August 17, 1973 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1973?: Someone born on August 17, 1973 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1973?: Someone born on August 17, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,438 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 17, 1973?: On August 17, 1973 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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