What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1941?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1941?

On January 1, 1941 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

A Wednesday

Born on January 1, 1941?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐉 Chinese zodiac
Metal Dragon
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
85 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1941

Martin Evans

English developmental biologist

Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud

Saudi Arabian politician

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron

Israeli rabbi

Abune Mathias

Patriarch of Ethiopia

Roland Grip

Swedish footballer and manager (1941–2024)

Abdiqasim Salad Hassan

President of Somalia

Umar Muhayshi

Libyan politician (1941-1984)

Joseph Bessala

Camerun boxer (1941–2010)

Saleh Abdullah Kamel

chairman and founder of the Dallah Al-Baraka

Saadallah Wannous

Syrian playwright (1941–1997)

Muhammad Mustafa Mero

Prime minister of Syria (2000–2003)

Hisham Ikhtiyar

Syrian politician (1941-2012)

What happened that day

Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months).

Also that week

A decree (Normalschrifterlass) promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua.
The short subject Elmer's Pet Rabbit is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card.
WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops defeat Italian forces, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation takes part.
During his State of the Union address, President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt presents his Four Freedoms, as fundamental global human rights.
The keel of battleship is laid at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1941 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 1, 1941 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,354 days. People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

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Questions about January 1, 1941

What day of the week was January 1, 1941?: January 1, 1941 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1941?: Someone born on January 1, 1941 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1941?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1941 falls in the year of the Metal Dragon.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1941?: Someone born on January 1, 1941 is 85 years old today and has lived about 31,354 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1941?: People born in 1941 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1941?: On January 1, 1941 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.

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