What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 11, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 11, 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 11, 1949?

On January 11, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Tuesday

Born on January 11, 1949?

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

Famous people born on January 11, 1949

Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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

Mohammad-Reza Rahimi

Iranian politician

Bogdan Borusewicz

Polish politician (born 1949)

Born the same week

Haruki Murakami

January 12 · Japanese writer (born 1949)

Ottmar Hitzfeld

January 12 · German football manager (born 1949)

Rakesh Sharma

January 13 · First Indian astronaut

What happened that day

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.

Also that week

Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party.
The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman Heinrich Nordhoff the car has no future in the U.S. (The Type 1 goes on to become an automotive phenomenon.)

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 11, 1949 was a Tuesday. Someone born on January 11, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 11, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,421 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 11

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

John A. Macdonald
1815 · 1st prime minister of Canada from to and to
William James
1842 · American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859 · Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary

Questions about January 11, 1949

What day of the week was January 11, 1949?: January 11, 1949 was a Tuesday.
What star sign is someone born on January 11, 1949?: Someone born on January 11, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 11, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 11, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 11, 1949?: Someone born on January 11, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,421 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 11, 1949?: On January 11, 1949 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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