What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 2, 1980?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 2, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 2, 1980?

On October 2, 1980 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on October 2, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
46 years

Famous people born on October 2, 1980

Kęstutis Budrys

Lithuanian politician (born 1980)

Born the same week

Martina Hingis

September 30 · Swiss tennis player

Gert Steegmans

September 30 · road bicycle racer

Tomáš Rosický

October 4 · Czech footballer

Humberlito Borges

October 5 · Brazilian association football player

Joakim Brodén

October 5 · Swedish heavy metal singer (born 1980)

What happened that week

Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.
The Elisabeth blast furnace is demolished at Bilston Steelworks, marking the end of iron and steel production in the Black Country region of the U.K.
Oktoberfest bombing: 13 people are killed and 211 injured in a right-wing terror attack in Munich (West Germany).
The Mariel boatlift in Cuba officially ends.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Another One Bites The Dust

Queen

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🎵 No. 1 song

October 2, 1980 was a Thursday. Someone born on October 2, 1980 is a Libra. Someone born on October 2, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,835 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on October 2

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Paul von Hindenburg
1847 · Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany
Ferdinand Foch
1851 · French marchal and military theorist
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 · Indian independence activist

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Questions about October 2, 1980

What day of the week was October 2, 1980?: October 2, 1980 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on October 2, 1980?: Someone born on October 2, 1980 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 2, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 2, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on October 2, 1980?: Someone born on October 2, 1980 is 46 years old today and has lived about 16,835 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 2, 1980?: On October 2, 1980 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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