A Friday
Born on January 16, 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
Friday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌒 Moon
Waxing Crescent
🎂 Age today
78 years
Famous people born on January 16, 1948
Gregor Gysi
German lawyer and left-wing politician
Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro
Italo-Albanian Catholic archbishop
Ants Laaneots
Estonian general and politician (born 1948)
Born the same week
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 16, 1948 was a Friday. Someone born on January 16, 1948 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 16, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,783 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on January 16
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Bayinnaung
1516 · King of Burma
Gift ideas for someone born in 1948
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- Wine from 1948
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- A newspaper from 1948
- Coin set from 1948
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Questions about January 16, 1948
- What day of the week was January 16, 1948?
- January 16, 1948 was a Friday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 16, 1948?
- Someone born on January 16, 1948 is a Capricorn.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 16, 1948?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 16, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
- How old is someone born on January 16, 1948?
- Someone born on January 16, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,783 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 16, 1948?
- On January 16, 1948 the moon was a Waxing Crescent.
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