What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1945?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1945?

On January 1, 1945 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on January 1, 1945?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
81 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1945

Gülsün Sağlamer

Turkish academic (born 1945)

Faisal bin Fahd

member of House of Saud (1945-1999)

Mehran Karimi Nasseri

Iranian refugee who spent 18 years in a French airport

Jacky Ickx

Belgian racecar driver

Barlen Vyapoory

Mauritian politician

Zoltán Varga

Hungarian footballer (1945–2010)

Yuen Woo-ping

Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director

Ung Huot

Cambodian politician

Moustapha Choukri

Moroccan footballer (1947-1980)

Djibril Diop Mambéty

Senegalese film director (1945–1998)

Zdeňka Vávrová

Czech astronomer

Mohammad Malas

Syrian filmmaker

What happened that day

WWII:
Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.
Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium.

Also that week

WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Hungary from the Soviets.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1945 was a Monday. Someone born on January 1, 1945 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,893 days. People born in 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

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Questions about January 1, 1945

What day of the week was January 1, 1945?: January 1, 1945 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1945?: Someone born on January 1, 1945 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1945?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1945?: Someone born on January 1, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,893 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1945?: People born in 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1945?: On January 1, 1945 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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