What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1946?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 1946 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 20, 1946?

On January 20, 1946 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on January 20, 1946?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Wood Rooster
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
80 years

Famous people born on January 20, 1946

David Lynch

American filmmaker (1946–2025)

Born the same week

Joseph Deiss

January 18 · Swiss economist, member of the Swiss Federal Council

Dolly Parton

January 19 · American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)

Miguel Reina

January 21 · Spanish footballer

Jang Sung-taek

January 22 · North Korean government official (1946–2013)

Boris Berezovsky

January 23 · Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946–2013)

What happened that day

Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France.

Also that week

The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief test pilot Jack Woolams at the controls.
General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, to try Japanese war criminals.
Expulsion of Germans of Hungary begins from Wudersch.
Iran crisis of 1946: Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad, at the Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president; Haji Baba Sheikh is the prime minister.
The National Intelligence Authority, and its operational arm, the Central Intelligence Group, are established in the United States; these become part of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 20, 1946 was a Sunday. Someone born on January 20, 1946 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 20, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,509 days. People born in 1946 belong to the Baby Boomers.

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

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Questions about January 20, 1946

What day of the week was January 20, 1946?: January 20, 1946 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on January 20, 1946?: Someone born on January 20, 1946 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 20, 1946?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 20, 1946 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.
How old is someone born on January 20, 1946?: Someone born on January 20, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,509 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1946?: People born in 1946 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 20, 1946?: On January 20, 1946 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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