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

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

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 8, 1980?

On December 8, 1980 the moon was a New Moon.

A Monday

Born on December 8, 1980?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Metal Monkey
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
45 years

Famous people born on December 8, 1980

Mohammad Al-Shalhoub

Saudi Arabian footballer

Raško Katić

Serbian basketball player (born 1980)

Salomon Olembé

Cameroonian and French footballer

Born the same week

John Terry

December 7 · English association football player (born 1980)

Clemens Fritz

December 7 · German footballer

Simon Helberg

December 9 · American actor and comedian

What happened that day

Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.

Also that week

A missionary (Jean Donovan) and three Roman Catholic nuns (Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel), all Americans, are murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador while doing charity work during that country's civil war.
Four people are murdered and four others are injured by two armed robbers at Bob's Big Boy on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, United States, in what is one of the city's most brutal crimes ever.
The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (Academy of the Asturian language) is created.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Lady

Kenny Rogers

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 8, 1980 was a Monday. Someone born on December 8, 1980 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 8, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,768 days. People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.

Also born on December 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary, Queen of Scots
1542 · Queen of Scotland from to
Georges Méliès
1861 · French filmmaker and illusionist
Jean Sibelius
1865 · Finnish composer
Diego Rivera
1886 · Mexican muralist

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Questions about December 8, 1980

What day of the week was December 8, 1980?: December 8, 1980 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on December 8, 1980?: Someone born on December 8, 1980 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 8, 1980?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 8, 1980 falls in the year of the Metal Monkey.
How old is someone born on December 8, 1980?: Someone born on December 8, 1980 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,768 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1980?: People born in 1980 belong to Generation X.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 8, 1980?: On December 8, 1980 the moon was a New Moon.

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