What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 10, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 10, 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 10, 1947?

On January 10, 1947 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on January 10, 1947?

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

Famous people born on January 10, 1947

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

Humberto Ortega

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

Tiit Vähi

Estonian politician and entrepreneur (born 1947)

Born the same week

David Bowie

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

Samuel Schmid

January 8 · member of the Swiss Federal Council

Carles Rexach

January 13 · Spanish footballer (born 1947)

What happened that day

The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste.

Also that week

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.
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.
First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein.
Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 10, 1947 was a Friday. Someone born on January 10, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 10, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,154 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 10

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sergei Eisenstein
1898 · Soviet filmmaker
Donald Knuth
1938 · American computer scientist and mathematician (born )

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Questions about January 10, 1947

What day of the week was January 10, 1947?: January 10, 1947 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on January 10, 1947?: Someone born on January 10, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 10, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 10, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 10, 1947?: Someone born on January 10, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,154 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 10, 1947?: On January 10, 1947 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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