What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 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 9, 1947?

On January 9, 1947 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on January 9, 1947?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on January 9, 1947

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi

January 7 · Iranian musician (1947–2014)

David Bowie

January 8 · English musician and actor (1947–2016)

Samuel Schmid

January 8 · member of the Swiss Federal Council

Peer Steinbrück

January 10 · German politician

Humberto Ortega

January 10 · Nicaraguan Sandinista revolutionary, defence minister and writer who commanded the Nicaraguan army from 1979 to 1995 (1947–2024)

Aziz Duwaik

January 12 · Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

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.
The last of hundreds of concentration camps in Francoist Spain, Miranda de Ebro, shuts down.
First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein.
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.
Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 9, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 9, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 9, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,155 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Grigori Rasputin
1869 · Russian mystic
John B. Watson
1878 · American psychologist (
George Balanchine
1904 · American choreographer, dancer and ballet master
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 · French philosopher, social theorist and activist
Richard Nixon
1913 · president of the United States from to

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Questions about January 9, 1947

What day of the week was January 9, 1947?: January 9, 1947 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 9, 1947?: Someone born on January 9, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 9, 1947?: Someone born on January 9, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,155 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 9, 1947?: On January 9, 1947 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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