What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 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 15, 1949?

On January 15, 1949 the moon was a Full Moon.

A Saturday

Born on January 15, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Saturday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌕 Moon
Full Moon
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on January 15, 1949

No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.

Born the same week

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

Rakesh Sharma

January 13 · First Indian astronaut

Sandra Mason

January 17 · 1st president of Barbados

Dick Nanninga

January 17 · Dutch footballer (1949–2015)

What happened 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.)
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.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

January 15, 1949 was a Saturday. Someone born on January 15, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 15, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,419 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 15

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Shah Jahan
1592 · the fifth Mughal Emperor from to
Molière
1622 · French playwright and actor
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 · French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist
Ibn Saud
1876 · King of Saudi Arabia from to
Edward Teller
1908 · Hungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1918 · President of Egypt from to
Martin Luther King Jr.
1929 · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader

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Questions about January 15, 1949

What day of the week was January 15, 1949?: January 15, 1949 was a Saturday.
What star sign is someone born on January 15, 1949?: Someone born on January 15, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 15, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 15, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 15, 1949?: Someone born on January 15, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,419 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 15, 1949?: On January 15, 1949 the moon was a Full Moon.

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