What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1981?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Rooster.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 23, 1981?

On August 23, 1981 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Sunday

Born on August 23, 1981?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♍ Star sign
Virgo
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Metal Rooster
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
45 years

Famous people born on August 23, 1981

Tümen-Odyn Battögs

Olympic judoka

Born the same week

Silvio Spann

August 21 · Trinidad and Tobago association football player

Nancy Langat

August 22 · Kenyan middle-distance runner

Vera Kobalia

August 24 · Georgian politician

Vangelis Moras

August 26 · Greek manager and former footballer

Julio Valentín González

August 26 · Paraguayan footballer

What happened that day

South African troops attack SWAPO bases in Xangongo and Ongiva, Angola, during Operation Protea.

Also that week

Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering John Lennon in Manhattan eight months earlier.
Gulf of Sidra incident: Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two U.S. Navy fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The U.S. jets destroy the Libyan fighters.
North Korea fires a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flying in South Korean and international airspace. The missile misses and the airplane is unharmed.
1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing: Eight people, including the country's president and prime minister, are killed when a briefcase explodes in the building. The office of Iran's Prosecutor General blames the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Endless Love

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 23, 1981 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 23, 1981 is a Virgo. Someone born on August 23, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,510 days. People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on August 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Louis XVI of France
1754 · King of France and Navarre from to , then King of the French from to
Georges Cuvier
1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist
Gene Kelly
1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer
Clifford Geertz
1926 · American anthropologist

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Questions about August 23, 1981

What day of the week was August 23, 1981?: August 23, 1981 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 23, 1981?: Someone born on August 23, 1981 is a Virgo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 23, 1981?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 23, 1981 falls in the year of the Metal Rooster.
How old is someone born on August 23, 1981?: Someone born on August 23, 1981 is 45 years old today and has lived about 16,510 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1981?: People born in 1981 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 23, 1981?: On August 23, 1981 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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