What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1978?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1978?

On August 17, 1978 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Thursday

Born on August 17, 1978?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
48 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1978

Jelena Karleuša

Serbian singer

Yana Marinova

Bulgarian actress

Born the same week

Elina Danielian

August 16 · Armenian chess player

Siarhiej Cichanowski

August 18 · Belarusian video blogger and dissident pro-democracy activist

Steve Chen

August 18 · Chinese-American businessman

Luis von Ahn

August 19 · Guatemalan entrepreneur and computer scientist

What happened that day

Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey, France.

Also that week

The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is concluded.
Sandinistas seize the Nicaraguan National Palace.
Kenya's first president and founding father, Jomo Kenyatta, dies aged 89 in Mombasa.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Three Times A Lady

Commodores

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1978 was a Thursday. Someone born on August 17, 1978 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,612 days. People born in 1978 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, 1978

What day of the week was August 17, 1978?: August 17, 1978 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1978?: Someone born on August 17, 1978 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1978?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1978?: Someone born on August 17, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,612 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1978?: People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 17, 1978?: On August 17, 1978 the moon was a Full Moon.

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