What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1998?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1998 falls in the year of the Earth Tiger.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 1, 1998?

On August 1, 1998 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on August 1, 1998?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Earth Tiger
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
28 years

Famous people born on August 1, 1998

Nahid Kiani

Iranian taekwondo practitioner

Tawin Hanprab

Thai taekwondoin

Born the same week

Tijjani Reijnders

July 29 · Dutch footballer (born 1998)

Sofiane Alakouch

July 29 · Moroccan and French footballer

Rigoberto Rivas

July 31 · Honduran association football player

Eduardo Aguirre

August 3 · Mexican association football player

What happened that day

Puntland State leaders in Somalia declare the territory an autonomous state; the capital is the city of Garoowe in the Nugal region.

Also that week

The Second Congo War begins; 5.4 million people die before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II.
Yangtze River Floods: in China the Yangtze river breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1–5, peripheral levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.
1998 U.S. embassy bombings: the bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.
Afghan Civil War: The Taliban takes control of Mazar-i-Sharif.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Boy Is Mine

Brandy & Monica

🎵 No. 1 song

August 1, 1998 was a Saturday. Someone born on August 1, 1998 is a Leo. Someone born on August 1, 1998 is 28 years old today and has lived about 10,323 days. People born in 1998 belong to Generation Z.

Also born on August 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
1744 · French naturalist
Herman Melville
1819 · American writer and poet
Pierre Bourdieu
1930 · French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher
Yves Saint Laurent
1936 · French fashion designer

Questions about August 1, 1998

What day of the week was August 1, 1998?: August 1, 1998 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on August 1, 1998?: Someone born on August 1, 1998 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 1, 1998?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 1, 1998 falls in the year of the Earth Tiger.
How old is someone born on August 1, 1998?: Someone born on August 1, 1998 is 28 years old today and has lived about 10,323 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1998?: People born in 1998 belong to Generation Z.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 1, 1998?: On August 1, 1998 the moon was a First Quarter.

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