What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1983?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 17, 1983?

On August 17, 1983 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Wednesday

Born on August 17, 1983?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Water Pig
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
43 years

Famous people born on August 17, 1983

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Mila Kunis

August 14 · American actress (born 1983)

Heiko Westermann

August 14 · German footballer

Valeria Luiselli

August 16 · Mexican writer

Mika

August 18 · British-Lebanese musician

Andrew Garfield

August 20 · English and American actor (born 1983)

Yuri Zhirkov

August 20 · Russian footballer

What happened that week

Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 and causing over US$3.8 billion (2005 dollars) in damage.
Five people are killed and 18 others injured when a road train is deliberately driven into a motel at Ayers Rock in the Northern Territory of Australia (the driver, Douglas Edward Crabbe, is convicted in March 1984).
Benigno Aquino Jr., Philippines opposition leader, is assassinated in Manila just as he returns from exile.
In a crackdown on crime, the Chinese state executes 19 people for murder, 10 for rape, and one for auto theft. By the end of the year, Amnesty International estimates that at least 600 people have been executed in China.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Every Breath You Take

The Police

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 17, 1983 was a Wednesday. Someone born on August 17, 1983 is a Leo. Someone born on August 17, 1983 is 43 years old today and has lived about 15,786 days. People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.

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, 1983

What day of the week was August 17, 1983?: August 17, 1983 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on August 17, 1983?: Someone born on August 17, 1983 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 17, 1983?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 17, 1983 falls in the year of the Water Pig.
How old is someone born on August 17, 1983?: Someone born on August 17, 1983 is 43 years old today and has lived about 15,786 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1983?: People born in 1983 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 17, 1983?: On August 17, 1983 the moon was a First Quarter.

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