What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1945?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 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 12, 1945?

On January 12, 1945 the moon was a New Moon.

A Friday

Born on January 12, 1945?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐒 Chinese zodiac
Wood Monkey
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
81 years

Famous people born on January 12, 1945

André Bicaba

Burkinabé athlete

Born the same week

Javier Guzmán

January 9 · Mexican footballer (1945-2014)

Levon Ter-Petrosyan

January 9 · first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998

Rod Stewart

January 10 · English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

Gunther von Hagens

January 10 · German anatomist (1945–2026)

Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent

January 15 · wife of Prince Michael of Kent

What happened that day

WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army.

Also that week

WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Prussia.
WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942.
WWII: Adolf Hitler takes residence in the Führerbunker in Berlin.
WWII: The Soviet Union occupies Warsaw, Poland.
The Holocaust: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who has saved thousands of Jews, is taken into custody by a Soviet patrol during the Siege of Budapest and is never again seen publicly.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 12, 1945 was a Friday. Someone born on January 12, 1945 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 12, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,881 days. People born in 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on January 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Perrault
1628 · French author
Edmund Burke
1729 · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
1863 · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher
Jack London
1876 · American author, journalist and social activist
Hermann Göring
1893 · German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
Haruki Murakami
1949 · Japanese writer (born )

Questions about January 12, 1945

What day of the week was January 12, 1945?: January 12, 1945 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on January 12, 1945?: Someone born on January 12, 1945 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1945?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Monkey.
How old is someone born on January 12, 1945?: Someone born on January 12, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,881 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 12, 1945?: On January 12, 1945 the moon was a New Moon.

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