What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 31, 1948?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 31, 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 31, 1948?

On January 31, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Saturday

Born on January 31, 1948?

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

Famous people born on January 31, 1948

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

Mamoru Mohri

January 29 · Japanese astronaut

Marc Singer

January 29 · Canadian-American actor (born 1948)

Akira Yoshino

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

Wu Den-yih

January 30 · Politician and former Premier of Taiwan

Sami Hafez Anan

February 2 · Egyptian military officer; Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces

Henning Mankell

February 3 · Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015)

What happened that day

The British crown colony of the Malayan Union, Penang and Malacca form the Federation of Malaya.

Also that week

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 Soviet Union begins to jam Voice of America broadcasts.
The Federation of Malaya is proclaimed.
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 31, 1948 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 31, 1948 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 31, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,768 days. People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 31

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543 · founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan
Franz Schubert
1797 · Austrian composer
Irving Langmuir
1881 · American chemist and physicist
Jackie Robinson
1919 · American baseball player
Kenzaburō Ōe
1935 · Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate
Philip Glass
1937 · American composer (born )

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Questions about January 31, 1948

What day of the week was January 31, 1948?: January 31, 1948 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 31, 1948?: Someone born on January 31, 1948 is a Aquarius.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 31, 1948?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 31, 1948 falls in the year of the Fire Pig.
How old is someone born on January 31, 1948?: Someone born on January 31, 1948 is 78 years old today and has lived about 28,768 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 31, 1948?: On January 31, 1948 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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