What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.

What is the birthstone for January?

The birthstone for January is garnet.

What was the moon phase on January 1, 1949?

On January 1, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

A Saturday

Born on January 1, 1949?

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
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on January 1, 1949

İbrahim Kaypakkaya

Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary (1949-1973)

Ayşe Erzan

Turkish physicist (born 1949)

Maggie Gobran

Egyptian charity fundraiser

Vehbi Akdağ

Turkish wrestler (1949–2020)

Laila Iskander

Egyptian social entrepreneur and politician

Michel Djotodia

Central African politician and military leader

Homi K. Bhabha

Indian critical theorist (born 1949)

Pamela Kilmartin

New Zealand astronomer

Bakri Hassan Saleh

Sudanese politician

François Lonseny Fall

Guinean diplomat

Hawa Aden Mohamed

Somali teacher and activist, recipient of Nansen Refugee Award (2012)

Isabelle Stengers

Belgian philosopher of science and scientist (born 1949)

What happened that day

A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2026

Also that week

Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 1, 1949 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 1, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 1, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,431 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 1

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alexander VI
1431 · pope of the Catholic Church – from the Borgia family
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449 · Italian politician, literary man and humanist
Huldrych Zwingli
1484 · Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder
Hong Xiuquan
1814 · Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion
Sándor Petőfi
1823 · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Pierre de Coubertin
1863 · founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian
George Washington Carver
1864 · African American botanist and inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894 · Indian Bengali physicist and polymath
Ousmane Sembène
1923 · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author

Questions about January 1, 1949

What day of the week was January 1, 1949?: January 1, 1949 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 1, 1949?: Someone born on January 1, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 1, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 1, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 1, 1949?: Someone born on January 1, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,431 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for January?: The birthstone for January is garnet.
What was the moon phase on January 1, 1949?: On January 1, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

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