What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1943?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Horse.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 18, 1943?

On January 18, 1943 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on January 18, 1943?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on January 18, 1943

Ovidio G. Assonitis

Egyptian show business executive, film producer, screenwriter, and film director

Rose Mbowa

Ugandan writer and actress

Richard Roett

Barbadian cyclist

Born the same week

José María Balcázar

January 17 · Peruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru (feb.-jul. 2026)

Janis Joplin

January 19 · American singer (1943–1970)

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

January 19 · Dutch princess; third daughter of Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard (born 1943)

What happened that day

WWII: Soviet officials announce that the Red Army has broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad as part of Operation Iskra, opening a narrow land corridor to the city. Georgy Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union.
The first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins: several day's engagements with the Germans limits the number of Jews deported at this time.

Also that week

Iraq declares war on the Axis powers.
WWII: Guadalcanal campaign – Operation Ke: Japanese forces begin to withdraw from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
WWII: Pan Am Flight 1104 – Pan American Airways Martin M-130 flying boat crashes about southwest of Ukiah, California. All 10 passengers and 9 crew aboard are killed, including Admiral Robert H. English (at this time COMSUBPAC).
WWII: Battle of Buna–Gona: American and Australian forces secure control of the territory of Papua.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 18, 1943 was a Monday. Someone born on January 18, 1943 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 18, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,607 days. People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cary Grant
1904 · British-American actor

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Questions about January 18, 1943

What day of the week was January 18, 1943?: January 18, 1943 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 18, 1943?: Someone born on January 18, 1943 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1943?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on January 18, 1943?: Someone born on January 18, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,607 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1943?: People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 18, 1943?: On January 18, 1943 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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