What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1976?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 24, 1976?

On August 24, 1976 the moon was a New Moon.

A Tuesday

Born on August 24, 1976?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
50 years

Famous people born on August 24, 1976

Alex O'Loughlin

Australian film and television actor

Yang Yang

Chinese short track speed skater and politician

Born the same week

Alexander Skarsgård

August 25 · Swedish actor (born 1976)

Zemfira

August 26 · Russian rock musician and songwriter

Carlos Moyá

August 27 · Spanish tennis player

Mark Webber

August 27 · Australian professional racing driver

What happened that day

In Uruguay, the army captures Marcelo Gelman and his pregnant wife. Gelman is later killed and his wife disappears.

Also that week

Jacques Chirac resigns as Prime Minister of France; he is succeeded by Raymond Barre.
Landslide disaster in Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong.
The second known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the Lockheed Corporation.
U.S. President Gerald Ford edges out challenger Ronald Reagan to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Elton John & Kiki Dee

🎵 No. 1 song

August 24, 1976 was a Tuesday. Someone born on August 24, 1976 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 24, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,335 days. People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 24

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

William Wilberforce
1759 · English politician and abolitionist
Jorge Luis Borges
1899 · Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator
Fernand Braudel
1902 · French historian and leader of the Annales School

Questions about August 24, 1976

What day of the week was August 24, 1976?: August 24, 1976 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 24, 1976?: Someone born on August 24, 1976 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 24, 1976?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 24, 1976 falls in the year of the Fire Dragon.
How old is someone born on August 24, 1976?: Someone born on August 24, 1976 is 50 years old today and has lived about 18,335 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1976?: People born in 1976 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 24, 1976?: On August 24, 1976 the moon was a New Moon.

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