What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 2020?

In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 2020 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.

What is the birthstone for August?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

What was the moon phase on August 9, 2020?

On August 9, 2020 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on August 9, 2020?

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

Famous people born on August 9, 2020

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

What happened that day

A presidential election in Belarus which led to incumbent Alexander Lukashenko's reelection sparks protests throughout the country after major opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya rejected the results. Seven days later, the largest political march in Belarusian history takes place, with an estimated 300,000 people in Minsk and 200,000 in other Belarusian cities and towns.

Also that week

An intense derecho kills 4 and brings widespread damaging wind to much of the Midwestern United States in what becomes the costliest thunderstorm event in US history.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 20 million worldwide.
The 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election is held to elect all 41 members of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago and the People's National Movement party, led by prime minister Keith Rowley won 22 out of 41 seats.
Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 19 of the 191 people on board.
COVID-19 pandemic: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song in the US

Watermelon Sugar

Harry Styles

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🎵 No. 1 song

August 9, 2020 was a Sunday. Someone born on August 9, 2020 is a Leo. Someone born on August 9, 2020 is 6 years old today and has lived about 2,279 days. People born in 2020 belong to Generation Alpha.

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, 2020

What day of the week was August 9, 2020?: August 9, 2020 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on August 9, 2020?: Someone born on August 9, 2020 is a Leo.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for August 9, 2020?: In the Chinese zodiac, August 9, 2020 falls in the year of the Metal Rat.
How old is someone born on August 9, 2020?: Someone born on August 9, 2020 is 6 years old today and has lived about 2,279 days.
Which generation is someone born in 2020?: People born in 2020 belong to Generation Alpha.
What is the birthstone for August?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
What was the moon phase on August 9, 2020?: On August 9, 2020 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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