What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 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 16, 1947?

On January 16, 1947 the moon was a Last Quarter.

A Thursday

Born on January 16, 1947?

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

Famous people born on January 16, 1947

Apasra Hongsakula

Thai model, Miss Universe 1965

Thomas Christopher Collins

Catholic cardinal

Born the same week

Carles Rexach

January 13 · Spanish footballer (born 1947)

Roberto Escobar

January 13 · former accountant of the Medellín Cartel

Takeshi Kitano

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

Yordanka Blagoeva

January 19 · Bulgarian athletics competitor (born 1947)

What happened that day

Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.

Also that week

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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 16, 1947 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 16, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 16, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,148 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 16

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bayinnaung
1516 · King of Burma

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Questions about January 16, 1947

What day of the week was January 16, 1947?: January 16, 1947 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 16, 1947?: Someone born on January 16, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 16, 1947?: Someone born on January 16, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,148 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 16, 1947?: On January 16, 1947 the moon was a Last Quarter.

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