What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1943?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 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 20, 1943?

On January 20, 1943 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on January 20, 1943?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on January 20, 1943

Fazle Hussain

American physicist

Born the same week

José María Balcázar

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

René Préval

January 17 · Ex-President of Haiti (1943-2017)

Ovidio G. Assonitis

January 18 · Egyptian show business executive, film producer, screenwriter, and film director

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 week

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: 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.
WWII: Battle of Buna–Gona: American and Australian forces secure control of the territory of Papua.
The Holocaust: Round up of Marseille begins – Over 4,000 Jews are arrested in Nazi-occupied Marseille as part of "Action Tiger", before being transported to extermination camps in Poland.
WWII: British forces capture Tripoli from the Italians.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 20, 1943 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 20, 1943 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 20, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,605 days. People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 20

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

André-Marie Ampère
1775 · French physicist and mathematician
Federico Fellini
1920 · Italian filmmaker
David Lynch
1946 · American filmmaker

Questions about January 20, 1943

What day of the week was January 20, 1943?: January 20, 1943 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 20, 1943?: Someone born on January 20, 1943 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1943?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on January 20, 1943?: Someone born on January 20, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,605 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 20, 1943?: On January 20, 1943 the moon was a Full Moon.

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