What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 22, 1946?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 22, 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 22, 1946?

On January 22, 1946 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on January 22, 1946?

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

Famous people born on January 22, 1946

Jang Sung-taek

North Korean government official (1946–2013)

Teimuraz Tsiklauri

Georgian singer and actor (1946–2021)

Ahmed Senoussi

Chadian high jumper

Born the same week

Dolly Parton

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

David Lynch

January 20 · American filmmaker (1946–2025)

Boris Berezovsky

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

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 22, 1946 was a Tuesday. Someone born on January 22, 1946 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 22, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,507 days. People born in 1946 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 22

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Ivan III of Moscow
1440 · Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from to
Francis Bacon
1561 · English philosopher and statesman
John Donne
1572 · English poet and cleric
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1729 · German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic
Lord Byron
1788 · English Romantic poet and lyricist
D. W. Griffith
1875 · American filmmaker
Antonio Gramsci
1891 · Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician

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Questions about January 22, 1946

What day of the week was January 22, 1946?: January 22, 1946 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 22, 1946?: Someone born on January 22, 1946 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 22, 1946?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 22, 1946 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.
How old is someone born on January 22, 1946?: Someone born on January 22, 1946 is 80 years old today and has lived about 29,507 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 22, 1946?: On January 22, 1946 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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