What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 23, 1988?

In the Chinese zodiac, February 23, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.

What is the birthstone for February?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

What was the moon phase on February 23, 1988?

On February 23, 1988 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Tuesday

Born on February 23, 1988?

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📅 Weekday
Tuesday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dragon
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
38 years

Famous people born on February 23, 1988

Tarik Elyounoussi

Norwegian association football player

Michał Kubiak

Polish volleyball player

Gabriel Mvumvure

Zimbabwean athlete

Gayan de Silva

Sri Lankan cricketer born 23 February 1988

What happened that day

Start of Anfal campaign, a genocidal counterinsurgency operation within the Iran–Iraq War carried out by Ba'athist Iraqi forces led by Ali Hassan al-Majid on the orders of President Saddam Hussein that will kill between 50,000 and 182,000 Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Also that week

The constitution of the Sixth Republic of Korea comes into effect.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and join the Armenian SSR, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
29 – Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Sumgait pogrom of Armenians occurs in Sumqayit.
1988 Oshakati bomb blast: A bomb explodes outside the First National Bank in Oshakati, Namibia, killing 27 and injuring 70.
U.S. Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, serving with a United Nations group monitoring a truce in southern Lebanon, is kidnapped (and later killed by his captors).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Father Figure

George Michael

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🎵 No. 1 song

February 23, 1988 was a Tuesday. Someone born on February 23, 1988 is a Pisces. Someone born on February 23, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,135 days. People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on February 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Christopher Marlowe
1564 · English dramatist, poet and translator
George Frideric Handel
1685 · German-British Baroque composer
W. E. B. Du Bois
1868 · American sociologist and activist

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Questions about February 23, 1988

What day of the week was February 23, 1988?: February 23, 1988 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on February 23, 1988?: Someone born on February 23, 1988 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 23, 1988?: In the Chinese zodiac, February 23, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.
How old is someone born on February 23, 1988?: Someone born on February 23, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 14,135 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1988?: People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for February?: The birthstone for February is amethyst.
What was the moon phase on February 23, 1988?: On February 23, 1988 the moon was a First Quarter.

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