What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1973?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 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 20, 1973?

On August 20, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Monday

Born on August 20, 1973?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Water Ox
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
53 years

Famous people born on August 20, 1973

Alban Bushi

Albanian footballer

Born the same week

Marco Materazzi

August 19 · Italian association football player and manager

Queen Mette-Marit of Norway

August 19 · Queen of Norway (2026)

Sergey Brin

August 21 · American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

Nikolai Valuev

August 21 · Russian politician and former heavyweight boxer

Robert Malm

August 21 · French and Togolese footballer

What happened that week

The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome.
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.
Disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon: Two Australian girls go missing whilst attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval, never to be seen again.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Brother Louie

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 20, 1973 was a Monday. Someone born on August 20, 1973 is a Leo. Someone born on August 20, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,435 days. People born in 1973 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 · Swedish chemist
H. P. Lovecraft
1890 · American writer and editor
Slobodan Milošević
1941 · Yugoslav–Serbian politician

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Questions about August 20, 1973

What day of the week was August 20, 1973?: August 20, 1973 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on August 20, 1973?: Someone born on August 20, 1973 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 20, 1973?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 20, 1973 falls in the year of the Water Ox.
How old is someone born on August 20, 1973?: Someone born on August 20, 1973 is 53 years old today and has lived about 19,435 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 20, 1973?: On August 20, 1973 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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