What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1979?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1979?

On August 17, 1979 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Friday

Born on August 17, 1979?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Earth Goat
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
47 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1979

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Freddy

August 14 · Angolan footballer

Sarah Balabagan

August 16 · Filipino prisoner of the United Arab Emirates

Christine Amertil

August 18 · Bahamian athletics competitor (born 1979)

Yurisel Laborde

August 18 · Cuban judoka

Gintautas Paluckas

August 19 · Lithuanian politician (born 1979)

Vitaly Kolesnik

August 20 · Kazakhstani ice hockey player

What happened that day

The controversial religious satirical film Monty Python's Life of Brian premieres in the United States.

Also that week

A freak storm during the Fastnet Race results in the deaths of 15 sailors.
The former Mauritanian province of Tiris al-Gharbiyya in Western Sahara is annexed by Morocco.
The Machchu-2 dam in Morbi, India, collapses, killing between 1800 and 25000 people in one of the worst ever dam failures.
Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album Off the Wall. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7× platinum album.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Good Times

Chic

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1979 was a Friday. Someone born on August 17, 1979 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,247 days. People born in 1979 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, 1979

What day of the week was August 17, 1979?: August 17, 1979 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1979?: Someone born on August 17, 1979 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1979?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1979 falls in the year of the Earth Goat.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1979?: Someone born on August 17, 1979 is 47 years old today and has lived about 17,247 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1979?: People born in 1979 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 17, 1979?: On August 17, 1979 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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