What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 8, 1947?

On January 8, 1947 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on January 8, 1947?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on January 8, 1947

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

Samuel Schmid

member of the Swiss Federal Council

Antti Kalliomäki

Finnish politician and athlete

Born the same week

Kathrine Switzer

January 5 · American marathon runner, author, and television commentator

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

January 7 · Iranian musician (1947–2014)

Peer Steinbrück

January 10 · German politician

What happened that week

The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste.
The Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 conclude with the Surrender at Datta Khel.
First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein.
The last of hundreds of concentration camps in Francoist Spain, Miranda de Ebro, shuts down.
The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law.
Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 8, 1947 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 8, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 8, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,156 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

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

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Questions about January 8, 1947

What day of the week was January 8, 1947?: January 8, 1947 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 8, 1947?: Someone born on January 8, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 8, 1947?: Someone born on January 8, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,156 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1947?: People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 8, 1947?: On January 8, 1947 the moon was a Full Moon.

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