What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 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 12, 1948?

On January 12, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

A Monday

Born on January 12, 1948?

Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.

📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on January 12, 1948

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Susana Dosamantes

January 9 · Mexican actress (1948-2022)

Jan Tomaszewski

January 9 · Polish footballer

Eleazar Soria

January 11 · Peruvian footballer (1948–2021)

Bernhard Lehmann

January 11 · East German bobsledder

Ján Čapkovič

January 11 · Slovak footballer

Valeri Kharlamov

January 14 · Soviet ice hockey player (1948–1981)

What happened that day

Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India.

Also that week

Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object.
A truce is declared between nationalist Indonesian and Dutch troops in Java.
In the United States:
Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game).
The first Kinsey Report, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, is published.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 12, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on January 12, 1948 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 12, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,787 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 12

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Charles Perrault
1628 · French author
Edmund Burke
1729 · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
Swami Vivekananda
1863 · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher
Jack London
1876 · American author, journalist and social activist
Hermann Göring
1893 · German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
Haruki Murakami
1949 · Japanese writer (born )

Questions about January 12, 1948

What day of the week was January 12, 1948?: January 12, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 12, 1948?: Someone born on January 12, 1948 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 12, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 12, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on January 12, 1948?: Someone born on January 12, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,787 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 12, 1948?: On January 12, 1948 the moon was a New Moon.

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