What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 23, 1943?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 23, 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 23, 1943?

On January 23, 1943 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on January 23, 1943?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
83 years

Famous people born on January 23, 1943

Solomon Mamaloni

Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1943-2000)

Hain Rebas

Estonian politician and historian (born 1943)

Born the same week

Kenzo Yokoyama

January 21 · Japanese association football player and manager

Michał Urbaniak

January 22 · Polish jazz musician (1943–2025)

Manuel Velázquez

January 24 · Spanish footballer (1943-2016)

Soad Hosny

January 26 · Egyptian actress (1943–2001)

What happened that day

WWII: British forces capture Tripoli from the Italians.

Also that week

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: 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: 50 bombers mount the first all American air raid against Germany: Wilhelmshaven is the target.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 23, 1943 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 23, 1943 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 23, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,602 days. People born in 1943 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Stendhal
1783 · French writer
Édouard Manet
1832 · French painter
David Hilbert
1862 · German mathematician
Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 · Indian nationalist leader
Django Reinhardt
1910 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician
Jeanne Moreau
1928 · French actress, singer, screenwriter and director

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Questions about January 23, 1943

What day of the week was January 23, 1943?: January 23, 1943 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 23, 1943?: Someone born on January 23, 1943 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 23, 1943?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 23, 1943 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
How old is someone born on January 23, 1943?: Someone born on January 23, 1943 is 83 years old today and has lived about 30,602 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 23, 1943?: On January 23, 1943 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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