What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 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 8, 1949?

On January 8, 1949 the moon was a First Quarter.

A Saturday

Born on January 8, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌓 Moon
First Quarter
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on January 8, 1949

Shadia Abu Ghazaleh

Palestinian political activist (1949–1968)

Born the same week

Bwanga Tshimen

January 5 · DR Congolese footballer

Jean Kalala N'Tumba

January 7 · DR Congolese footballer (1949-2021)

Walter Browne

January 10 · American poker and chess player (1949–2015)

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

January 11 · Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist, journalist, and historian (born 1949)

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi

January 11 · Iranian politician

What happened that week

The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States.
Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
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

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 8, 1949 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 8, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 8, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,425 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 8

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Alfred Russel Wallace
1823 · British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
Carl Rogers
1902 · American psychologist
Elvis Presley
1935 · American singer and actor
Stephen Hawking
1942 · British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author
David Bowie
1947 · English musician and actor

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Questions about January 8, 1949

What day of the week was January 8, 1949?: January 8, 1949 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 8, 1949?: Someone born on January 8, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 8, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 8, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 8, 1949?: Someone born on January 8, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,425 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 8, 1949?: On January 8, 1949 the moon was a First Quarter.

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