What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1947?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 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 18, 1947?

On January 18, 1947 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

A Saturday

Born on January 18, 1947?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐕 Chinese zodiac
Fire Dog
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
79 years

Famous people born on January 18, 1947

Takeshi Kitano

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

Born the same week

Apasra Hongsakula

January 16 · Thai model, Miss Universe 1965

Thomas Christopher Collins

January 16 · Catholic cardinal

Yordanka Blagoeva

January 19 · Bulgarian athletics competitor (born 1947)

Leszek Balcerowicz

January 19 · Polish economist (born 1947)

Rebiya Kadeer

January 21 · Uyghur politician, activist and businesswoman

What happened that week

Ferry sinks in the South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392.
Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.
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.
In the third phase of the Greek Civil War, Dimitrios Maximos forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.
The Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 conclude with the Surrender at Datta Khel.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 18, 1947 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 18, 1947 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 18, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,146 days. People born in 1947 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 18

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Cary Grant
1904 · British-American actor

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Questions about January 18, 1947

What day of the week was January 18, 1947?: January 18, 1947 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 18, 1947?: Someone born on January 18, 1947 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 18, 1947?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 18, 1947 falls in the year of the Fire Dog.
How old is someone born on January 18, 1947?: Someone born on January 18, 1947 is 79 years old today and has lived about 29,146 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 18, 1947?: On January 18, 1947 the moon was a Waning Crescent.

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