What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 4, 1996?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 4, 1996 falls in the year of the Fire Rat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 4, 1996?

On August 4, 1996 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on August 4, 1996?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Fire Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
30 years

Famous people born on August 4, 1996

Adrian Grbić

Austrian association football player

Born the same week

Oleksandr Zubkov

August 3 · Ukrainian association football player

Ulviyya Fataliyeva

August 3 · Azerbaijani chess player

Daichi Kamada

August 5 · Japanese association football player

Dani Ceballos

August 7 · Spanish association football player

Aaron Boupendza

August 7 · Gabonese footballer (1996–2025)

What happened that day

The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude.

Also that week

NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms; further tests are inconclusive.
Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police.
Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near Huesca, Spain.
Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)

Los Del Rio

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 4, 1996 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 4, 1996 is a Leo. Someone born on August 4, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,050 days. People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.

Also born on August 4

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792 · British Romantic poet
William Rowan Hamilton
1805 · Irish mathematician and astronomer
Knut Hamsun
1859 · Norwegian novelist
Louis Armstrong
1901 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer
Yasser Arafat
1929 · Palestinian political leader and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority
Barack Obama
1961 · 44th President of the United States

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Questions about August 4, 1996

What day of the week was August 4, 1996?: August 4, 1996 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 4, 1996?: Someone born on August 4, 1996 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 4, 1996?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 4, 1996 falls in the year of the Fire Rat.
How old is someone born on August 4, 1996?: Someone born on August 4, 1996 is 30 years old today and has lived about 11,050 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1996?: People born in 1996 belong to the Millennials.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 4, 1996?: On August 4, 1996 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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