What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 9, 1988?

In the Chinese zodiac, October 9, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.

What is the birthstone for October?

The birthstone for October is opal.

What was the moon phase on October 9, 1988?

On October 9, 1988 the moon was a New Moon.

A Sunday

Born on October 9, 1988?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♎ Star sign
Libra
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Earth Dragon
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
38 years

Famous people born on October 9, 1988

Blessing Okagbare

Nigerian track and field athlete

Starling Marte

baseball player

Mireia Gutiérrez

Andorran alpine skier

Born the same week

Zoltán Stieber

October 6 · Hungarian association football player

Diego Costa

October 7 · Brazilian association football player

Abdullaziz Al-Dosari

October 11 · Saudi Arabian footballer

What happened that week

Walsh Street police shootings: Two Victoria Police officers are gunned down, execution style, in Australia.
The Birchandra Manu massacre occurs in Tripura, India.
Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government; by October 10 the army has tortured and killed about 500 people in crushing the riots.
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet loses a national plebiscite on his rule; he relinquishes power in 1990.
Promulgation of the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Red Red Wine

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🎵 No. 1 song

October 9, 1988 was a Sunday. Someone born on October 9, 1988 is a Libra. Someone born on October 9, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 13,906 days. People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on October 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Léopold Sédar Senghor
1906 · first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist
Sayyid Qutb
1906 · Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary
John Lennon
1940 · British musician

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Questions about October 9, 1988

What day of the week was October 9, 1988?: October 9, 1988 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on October 9, 1988?: Someone born on October 9, 1988 is a Libra.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for October 9, 1988?: In the Chinese zodiac, October 9, 1988 falls in the year of the Earth Dragon.
How old is someone born on October 9, 1988?: Someone born on October 9, 1988 is 38 years old today and has lived about 13,906 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1988?: People born in 1988 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for October?: The birthstone for October is opal.
What was the moon phase on October 9, 1988?: On October 9, 1988 the moon was a New Moon.

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