What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 28, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 28, 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 28, 1948?

On January 28, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Wednesday

Born on January 28, 1948?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐖 Chinese zodiac
Fire Pig
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
78 years

Famous people born on January 28, 1948

Ilkka Kanerva

Finnish politician (1948–2022)

René Blattmann

Bolivian judge, lawyer and politician

Born the same week

Rodolfo Nin Novoa

January 25 · Uruguayan politician

Jean-Pierre Tokoto

January 26 · Cameroonian footballer

Mikhail Baryshnikov

January 27 · Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor

Akira Yoshino

January 30 · Japanese engineer and researcher (1948-), known as an inventor of lithium-ion battery

What happened 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.
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.
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.
The Soviet Union begins to jam Voice of America broadcasts.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 28, 1948 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 28, 1948 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 28, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,771 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 28

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

José Martí
1853 · Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist
Arthur Rubinstein
1887 · Polish-American classical pianist
Jackson Pollock
1912 · American painter
Ismail Kadare
1936 · Albanian writer
Carlos Slim
1940 · Mexican business magnate and investor

Questions about January 28, 1948

What day of the week was January 28, 1948?: January 28, 1948 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 28, 1948?: Someone born on January 28, 1948 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 28, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 28, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on January 28, 1948?: Someone born on January 28, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,771 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 28, 1948?: On January 28, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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