What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1998?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 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 9, 1998?

On August 9, 1998 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Sunday

Born on August 9, 1998?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐅 Chinese zodiac
Earth Tiger
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
28 years

Famous people born on August 9, 1998

Zelym Kotsoiev

Azerbaijani judoka

Panagiotis Retsos

Greek association football player

Sheneta Grimmond

West Indian cricketer

Born the same week

Shawn Mendes

August 8 · Canadian singer

Stefanos Tsitsipas

August 12 · Greek tennis player

Marwan Attia

August 12 · Egyptian association football player

What happened that week

Afghan Civil War: The Taliban takes control of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Voters in Nevis narrowly reject an independence referendum.
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.
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.
The Troubles: The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real Irish Republican Army as a reaction to the Good Friday Agreement. 29 people are killed and 220 are injured. Shortly after these events, the group will call a ceasefire in response, signaling an end to the 30+ year conflict.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

The Boy Is Mine

Brandy & Monica

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 1998 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 9, 1998 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 1998 is 28 years old today and has lived about 10,315 days. People born in 1998 belong to Generation Z.

Also born on August 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John Dryden
1631 · 17th-century English poet and playwright
Amedeo Avogadro
1776 · Italian scientist
Jean Piaget
1896 · Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic
Rod Laver
1938 · Australian tennis player

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Questions about August 9, 1998

What day of the week was August 9, 1998?: August 9, 1998 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 1998?: Someone born on August 9, 1998 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 1998?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 1998 falls in the year of the Earth Tiger.
How old is someone born on August 9, 1998?: Someone born on August 9, 1998 is 28 years old today and has lived about 10,315 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 9, 1998?: On August 9, 1998 the moon was a Full Moon.

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