What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 17, 2008?

In the Chinese zodiac, December 17, 2008 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for December?

The birthstone for December is turquoise.

What was the moon phase on December 17, 2008?

On December 17, 2008 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on December 17, 2008?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
17 years

Famous people born on December 17, 2008

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Mika Stojsavljevic

December 15 · British tennis player

What happened that week

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide.
An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
Bernard Madoff is arrested for securities fraud after he was turned in by his sons for operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, later known as the Madoff investment scandal.
A military coup d'état deposes the government of Guinea shortly after the death of longtime President Lansana Conté.
The Channel Island of Sark, a British Crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Live Your Life

T.I. Featuring Rihanna

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🎵 No. 1 song

December 17, 2008 was a Wednesday. Someone born on December 17, 2008 is a Sagittarius. Someone born on December 17, 2008 is 17 years old today and has lived about 6,532 days. People born in 2008 belong to Generation Z.

Also born on December 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Humphry Davy
1778 · British chemist

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Questions about December 17, 2008

What day of the week was December 17, 2008?: December 17, 2008 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on December 17, 2008?: Someone born on December 17, 2008 is a Sagittarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for December 17, 2008?: In the Chinese zodiac, December 17, 2008 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on December 17, 2008?: Someone born on December 17, 2008 is 17 years old today and has lived about 6,532 days.
Which generation is someone born in 2008?: People born in 2008 belong to Generation Z.
What is the birthstone for December?: The birthstone for December is turquoise.
What was the moon phase on December 17, 2008?: On December 17, 2008 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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