A Wednesday
Born on January 26, 1949?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♒ Star sign
Aquarius
🐀 Chinese zodiac
Earth Rat
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
77 years
Famous people born on January 26, 1949
Born the same week
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
January 27 · South African politician
Elmer Acevedo
January 27 · Salvadoran footballer (1949-2017)
Ibrahim Abd al-Aziz al-Assaf
January 28 · former finance Minister of Saudi Arabia
Mike Moore
January 28 · Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990
Tommy Ramone
January 29 · Hungarian-American drummer (1949–2014)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
January 26, 1949 was a Wednesday. Someone born on January 26, 1949 is a Aquarius. Someone born on January 26, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,407 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
Also born on January 26
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Douglas MacArthur
1880 · United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea

Nicolae Ceaușescu
1918 · dictator of Romania from to

Wayne Gretzky
1961 · Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1949
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 78
- “Born in 1949” gifts
- Wine from 1949
- Books about 1949
- A newspaper from 1949
- Coin set from 1949
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Questions about January 26, 1949
- What day of the week was January 26, 1949?
- January 26, 1949 was a Wednesday.
- What star sign is someone born on January 26, 1949?
- Someone born on January 26, 1949 is a Aquarius.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for January 26, 1949?
- In the Chinese zodiac, January 26, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Rat.
- How old is someone born on January 26, 1949?
- Someone born on January 26, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,407 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 26, 1949?
- On January 26, 1949 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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