What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1980?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 8, 1980?

On August 8, 1980 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Friday

Born on August 8, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on August 8, 1980

Natalia Ponce de León

Colombian campaigner

Borut Božič

road bicycle racer

Victor Sintès

French fencer

Ramzi Saleh

Palestinian footballer

Dorian Bylykbashi

Albanian footballer

Hesham Shaban

Libyan footballer

What happened that week

31 – Lech Wałęsa leads the first of many strikes at the Gdańsk Shipyard in the Polish People's Republic.
Hurricane Allen (category 5) pounds Haiti, where it kills more than 200 people.
The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow officially ends.
Strage di Bologna: A terrorist bombing at the Bologna Centrale railway station in Italy kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland, the world's first democratically directly elected female president.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Magic

Olivia Newton-John

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 8, 1980 was a Friday. Someone born on August 8, 1980 is a Leo. Someone born on August 8, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,890 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on August 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Emiliano Zapata
1879 · Mexican revolutionary
Ernest Lawrence
1901 · American nuclear physicist
Paul Dirac
1902 · British theoretical physicist

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Questions about August 8, 1980

What day of the week was August 8, 1980?: August 8, 1980 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on August 8, 1980?: Someone born on August 8, 1980 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 8, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 8, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on August 8, 1980?: Someone born on August 8, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,890 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 8, 1980?: On August 8, 1980 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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