What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1948?

On January 1, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Thursday

Born on January 1, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Thursday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1948

Devlet Bahçeli

Leader of the Nationalist Action Party

Pavel Grachev

Russian general

Ismael Zambada

Mexican drug lord (born 1948)

Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki

prominent Sunni Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia

Aisha Al-Mana

Saudi activist and feminist

Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud

Saudi Arabian royal (born 1948)

Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh

Saudi Arabian politician

Thuraya al-Urayyid

Saudi poet and writer

Maouhoub Ghazouani

Moroccan footballer

Eddie Jordan

Irish motorsport executive and broadcaster (1948–2025)

Peter Thomson

Fijian diplomat

Mahbouba Seraj

Afghan journalist, activist for women's rights (1948-)

What happened that day

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
The current Constitutions of Italy and of New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect.
The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways.

Also that week

Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the 'Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
In the United States:
Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game).

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1948 was a Thursday. Someone born on January 1, 1948 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,797 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

Questions about January 1, 1948

What day of the week was January 1, 1948?: January 1, 1948 was a Thursday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1948?: Someone born on January 1, 1948 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1948?: Someone born on January 1, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,797 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1948?: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1948?: On January 1, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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