What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 26, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 26, 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 26, 1948?

On January 26, 1948 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Monday

Born on January 26, 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
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on January 26, 1948

Jean-Pierre Tokoto

Cameroonian footballer

Vladimir Pilguy

Ukrainian footballer

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

President of Bangladesh since 2026

Alda Facio

journalist and lawyer Costa Rica

What happened that day

Teigin poison case: a man masquerading as a doctor poisons 12 of 16 bank employees of the Tokyo branch of Imperial Bank and takes the money; artist Sadamichi Hirasawa is later sentenced to death for the crime, but is never executed.

Also that week

A DC-3 aircraft crash at Los Gatos Creek, near Coalinga, California, kills 4 US citizens and 28 deportees, commemorated in a protest song ("Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)") by Woody Guthrie.
British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin proposes the formation of a Western Union between Britain, France and the Benelux countries to stand up against the Soviet Union. The Treaty of Brussels is signed March 17 as a consequence, a predecessor to NATO.
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is shot by Nathuram Godse in New Delhi.
The 1948 Winter Olympics open in St Moritz, Switzerland.
The British crown colony of the Malayan Union, Penang and Malacca form the Federation of Malaya.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 26, 1948 was a Monday. Someone born on January 26, 1948 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,772 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 26

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Douglas MacArthur
1880 · United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea
Nicolae Ceaușescu
1918 · dictator of Romania from to
Wayne Gretzky
1961 · Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born )

Questions about January 26, 1948

What day of the week was January 26, 1948?: January 26, 1948 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 26, 1948?: Someone born on January 26, 1948 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 26, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 26, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on January 26, 1948?: Someone born on January 26, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,772 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 26, 1948?: On January 26, 1948 the moon was a Full Moon.

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