What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1942?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1942 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 17, 1942?

On January 17, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

A Saturday

Born on January 17, 1942?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐍 Chinese zodiac
Metal Snake
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
84 years

Famous people born on January 17, 1942

Muhammad Ali

American boxer (1942–2016)

Karel Van Miert

Belgian politician (1942–2009)

Born the same week

Michael Gwisdek

January 14 · German actor and film director (1942–2020)

Nicole Fontaine

January 16 · French politician (1942–2018)

Richard Bohringer

January 16 · French actor, director, producer

René Angélil

January 16 · Canadian singer and manager (1942–2016)

What happened that day

WWII: South African forces of the British 8th Army conquer the Halfaya Pass ("Hellfire Pass") in Egypt. The Halfaya garrison of 4,200 men of the Italian 55th Division "Savona" and 2,100 Germans surrender.

Also that week

American film actress Carole Lombard and her mother are among all 22 killed aboard TWA Flight 3 when the Douglas DC-3 plane crashes into Potosi Mountain near Las Vegas while she is returning from a tour to promote the sale of war bonds.
WWII: Japanese forces invade Burma.
WWII: "Second Happy Time", the German submarine commanders' name for Operation PP (Operation Drumbeat), the phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which German submarines are successful in attacking Allied shipping along the East Coast of the United States, opens early this morning when German submarine U-123 under the command of Reinhard Hardegen sinks a Norwegian tanker within sight of Long Island, before entering New York Harbor and sinking a British tanker off Sandy Hook the following night, as she leaves heading south along the coast. U-boat successes continue until around June 12.
The Sikorsky R-4 first flies in the United States; it will become the first mass-produced helicopter.
The Holocaust: Nazis at the Wannsee Conference convened by Reinhard Heydrich in Berlin decide that the "Final Solution (Endlösung) to the Jewish problem" is deportations to extermination camps.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 17, 1942 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 17, 1942 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,973 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist
Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman
David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
Al Capone
1899 · American gangster

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Questions about January 17, 1942

What day of the week was January 17, 1942?: January 17, 1942 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1942?: Someone born on January 17, 1942 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1942?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1942 falls in the year of the Metal Snake.
How old is someone born on January 17, 1942?: Someone born on January 17, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,973 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1942?: People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 17, 1942?: On January 17, 1942 the moon was a New Moon.

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