What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 27, 1949?

In the Chinese zodiac, April 27, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.

What is the birthstone for April?

The birthstone for April is diamond.

What was the moon phase on April 27, 1949?

On April 27, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

A Wednesday

Born on April 27, 1949?

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📅 Weekday
Wednesday
♉ Star sign
Taurus
🐂 Chinese zodiac
Earth Ox
🌑 Moon
New Moon
🎂 Age today
77 years

Famous people born on April 27, 1949

Jean Asselborn

Luxembourgish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg (term: 2004-2023)

Hiroji Imamura

Japanese association football player

Gennadi Timoshchenko

Russian-Slovak chess player

Born the same week

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

April 25 · French economist

Haroun Kabadi

April 29 · Chadian politician

António Guterres

April 30 · Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

What happened that week

Transjordan changes its name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The 1949 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference issues the London Declaration, enabling India (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of 'Head of the Commonwealth' (held by the ruling British monarch), and renaming the organization, from the 'British Commonwealth' to the 'Commonwealth of Nations'.
Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
Chinese Communist troops take Nanjing.
Nereid, a moon of Neptune, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst goes up the Yangtze River, to evacuate British Commonwealth refugees escaping the advance of Mao's Communist forces. Under heavy fire, she grounds off Rose Island. After an abortive rescue attempt on April 26, she anchors upstream. Negotiations with the Communists to let the ship leave drag on for weeks, during which time the ship's cat Simon raises the crew's morale.

What happened that day

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April 27, 1949 was a Wednesday. Someone born on April 27, 1949 is a Taurus. Someone born on April 27, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,316 days. People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.

Also born on April 27

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 · English writer and intellectual
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1791 · American inventor and painter
Herbert Spencer
1820 · English philosopher and political theorist
Ulysses S. Grant
1822 · president of the United States from to

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Questions about April 27, 1949

What day of the week was April 27, 1949?: April 27, 1949 was a Wednesday.
What star sign is someone born on April 27, 1949?: Someone born on April 27, 1949 is a Taurus.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for April 27, 1949?: In the Chinese zodiac, April 27, 1949 falls in the year of the Earth Ox.
How old is someone born on April 27, 1949?: Someone born on April 27, 1949 is 77 years old today and has lived about 28,316 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1949?: People born in 1949 belong to the Baby Boomers.
What is the birthstone for April?: The birthstone for April is diamond.
What was the moon phase on April 27, 1949?: On April 27, 1949 the moon was a New Moon.

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