What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 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 15, 1947?

On January 15, 1947 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Wednesday

Born on January 15, 1947?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
🌗 Moon
Last Quarter
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on January 15, 1947

Stasys Povilaitis

Lithuanian artist (1947–2015)

Nadezhda Chernova

Kazakhstani writer, journalist and poet

Born the same week

Aziz Duwaik

January 12 · Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Carles Rexach

January 13 · Spanish footballer (born 1947)

Apasra Hongsakula

January 16 · Thai model, Miss Universe 1965

Takeshi Kitano

January 18 · Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.
The last of hundreds of concentration camps in Francoist Spain, Miranda de Ebro, shuts down.
The Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 conclude with the Surrender at Datta Khel.
Ferry sinks in the South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392.
The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 15, 1947 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 15, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 15, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,149 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Shah Jahan
1592 · the fifth Mughal Emperor from to
Molière
1622 · French playwright and actor
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 · French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist
Ibn Saud
1876 · King of Saudi Arabia from to
Edward Teller
1908 · Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1918 · President of Egypt from to
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader

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Questions about January 15, 1947

What day of the week was January 15, 1947?: January 15, 1947 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 15, 1947?: Someone born on January 15, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 15, 1947?: Someone born on January 15, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,149 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 15, 1947?: On January 15, 1947 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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