What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1944?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 1944 falls in the year of the Water Goat.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 8, 1944?

On January 8, 1944 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on January 8, 1944?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐐 Chinese zodiac
Water Goat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
82 years

Famous people born on January 8, 1944

Ompie Nkumbula-Lieventhal

Zambian politician

Born the same week

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

January 6 · Swiss immunologist (born 1944)

Gabor Maté

January 6 · Hungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)

Mario Bertini

January 7 · Italian footballer

Jimmy Page

January 9 · English guitarist (born 1944)

Rory Byrne

January 10 · South African engineer

What happened that day

WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces.

Also that week

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address.
The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau in occupied Poland.
WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakesh.
WWII:
Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 8, 1944 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 8, 1944 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 8, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,252 days. People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alfred Russel Wallace
1823 · British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
Carl Rogers
1902 · American psychologist
Elvis Presley
1935 · American singer and actor
Stephen Hawking
1942 · British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author
David Bowie
1947 · English musician and actor

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Questions about January 8, 1944

What day of the week was January 8, 1944?: January 8, 1944 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 8, 1944?: Someone born on January 8, 1944 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1944?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 1944 falls in the year of the Water Goat.
How old is someone born on January 8, 1944?: Someone born on January 8, 1944 is 82 years old today and has lived about 30,252 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1944?: People born in 1944 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 8, 1944?: On January 8, 1944 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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