What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 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 9, 1949?

On January 9, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Sunday

Born on January 9, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Sunday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on January 9, 1949

Abdelâali Zahraoui

Moroccan association football player

Born the same week

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi

January 11 · Iranian politician

Haruki Murakami

January 12 · Japanese writer (born 1949)

Ottmar Hitzfeld

January 12 · German football manager (born 1949)

Hamadi Jebali

January 12 · Tunisian politician and journalist

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.
Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 9, 1949 was a Sunday. Someone born on January 9, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 9, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,424 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 9

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Grigori Rasputin
1869 · Russian mystic
John B. Watson
1878 · American psychologist (
George Balanchine
1904 · American choreographer, dancer and ballet master
Simone de Beauvoir
1908 · French philosopher, social theorist and activist
Richard Nixon
1913 · president of the United States from to

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Questions about January 9, 1949

What day of the week was January 9, 1949?: January 9, 1949 was a Sunday.
What star sign is someone born on January 9, 1949?: Someone born on January 9, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 9, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 9, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 9, 1949?: Someone born on January 9, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,424 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 9, 1949?: On January 9, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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