What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 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 17, 1949?

On January 17, 1949 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

A Monday

Born on January 17, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Monday
♑ Star sign
Capricorn
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on January 17, 1949

Sandra Mason

1st president of Barbados

Dick Nanninga

Dutch footballer (1949–2015)

Heini Hemmi

Swiss alpine skier

Born the same week

Amama Mbabazi

January 16 · Ugandan politician

Alfonso Pérez

January 16 · boxer

Göran Persson

January 20 · Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006

What happened that day

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.)

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 "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 17, 1949 was a Monday. Someone born on January 17, 1949 is a Capricorn. Someone born on January 17, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,416 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on January 17

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Sri Krishnadevaraya
1471 · Sri Rajadhiraja Raja Parameswara Mooru Rayara Ganda Yavana Rajya Pratisthapanacharya Andhra Bhoja Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana Sri Krishnadevaraya Vijayanagara emperor from to
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
1600 · Spanish dramatist
Benjamin Franklin
1706 · American polymath and statesman
David Lloyd George
1863 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from to
Al Capone
1899 · American gangster
Muhammad Ali
1942 · American boxer

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Questions about January 17, 1949

What day of the week was January 17, 1949?: January 17, 1949 was a Monday.
What star sign is someone born on January 17, 1949?: Someone born on January 17, 1949 is a Capricorn.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 17, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, January 17, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
How old is someone born on January 17, 1949?: Someone born on January 17, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,416 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 17, 1949?: On January 17, 1949 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.

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